You provided evidence of that particular claim ! It was in the article you linked me ! The apparently final part of the Government ' s fight to have the powers passed came as it refused to budge over its proposed new surveillance powers by rejecting for a second time amendments from peers linked to phone hacking . Solicitor General Robert Buckland insisted it would be simply not appropriate to include within the Investigatory Powers Bill changes designed to ensure costs are awarded against newspaper and media organisations in phone hacking cases . Peers have repeatedly sought to amend the Bill so it implements a key part of the Leveson Inquiry report by offering protection over costs for victims of press intrusion . Did you just not bother to read your own source ?