Parties to discuss Leveson reforms 13 March 2013 Last updated at 13:39 The leaders of the three main political parties are to meet to discuss the Leveson press reform proposals after Prime Minister's Questions. BBC political correspondent Norman Smith said this was a sign the parties "pretty much had a deal." The "sticking point" has been whether legislation is needed. Culture Secretary Maria Miller, shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman and Lib Dem Jim Wallace have been meeting over the past few days, with the aim of putting a package together and once they had agreement the leaders would be called in to sign it off. Our correspondent said government sources described the meeting of party leaders as a "good sign and positive" as they would only meet "when we are pretty much there." But an announcement was not expected on Wednesday, he said. Difficult place The deal will involve the press, a self-regulating body, and a watchdog organisation set up by royal charter. Hacked Off campaigner Hugh Grant admits he flounders in the details of a plan for the Leveson proposals to go before MPs. The sticking point has been whether the royal charter needs legislation to give it extra power. The government says it is not needed, as it can be agreed by privy councillors and signed off by the Queen. But Labour and the Lib Dems want it to be incorporated into law to ensure it cannot be abolished or changed by future governments. Lord Justice Leveson's report - which was published in November - called for a new independent watchdog for the press, which he said should be underpinned by legislation. Hacked Off campaigner and actor Hugh Grant told BBC Two's Daily Politics that cross-party negotiations over the report had "ground into a difficult place." He added that the idea of a royal charter was "not ideal" and "pretty meaningless" the way it was currently drafted. Shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn said: "It's really important, now we come to the crucial moment, that... if agreement can't be reached to implement full Leveson that Parliament can do it by means of a vote. In the end the prime minister has got to stick to the words that he said when Leveson was published. Lib Dem pensions minister Steve Webb said the goal was to introduce Leveson's recommendations in full. But the other goal which Leveson was in favour of is all-party agreement, because the last thing we want is Labour and the Lib Dems to gang up and get something through in this Parliament and then you have a future Tory government that comes in and says, 'we never signed up to that'. Then the regulation of the press becomes a political football, and we don't want that. Meanwhile, the government has agreed that MPs will be given time to discuss the way ahead on the Leveson proposals on press freedom during the passage of the Crime and Courts Bill. Home Office minister Jeremy Browne said the government would make way for a debate on Leveson, regardless of whether talks between the party leaders reached a deal or not.