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But sometimes investigators are commissioned to track down the subject of a programme so they can be given a right of reply.

The broadness of the definition is particularly worrisome because private companies are given a right to take action under the bill.

Towns would be given "a right to grow" over their boundaries even when house building is opposed by neighbouring local authorities responsible for planning decisions.

The worst of it is beyond parody: "Dear ol' Thomassy Piketts, ol' Piketty, Licketty, Rollitty, Flicketty, has been given a right kicketty by the right wing".

Students will be given a right of appeal to an outside authority if they think their student union has acted unfairly.

Complainants of alleged sex crimes could be given a right to demand a review of police decisions not to proceed with their case, under Labour plans.

Judge Posner has pointed out that when people are given a right to privacy, they use it to conceal discrediting information about themselves from others – and consequently mislead and defraud them.

Residents of a Birmingham street furious at their portrayal in Channel 4's controversial documentary series Benefits Street will be given a right of reply in a live one-hour TV debate.

Coalition critics could perhaps be forgiven for feasting on the delicious sight of the chancellor, George Osborne, being given a right old roasting over his admission that he cannot remember the last time he bought a pasty in Greggs.

Corbyn has dismissed fears about Tory infiltration of the process as a "lot of nonsense" and suggested that people barred from the contest should be given a right of appeal.

Earlier, the frontrunner for the leadership, Jeremy Corbyn, dismissed fears about Tory infiltration of the process as a "lot of nonsense" and suggested people excluded should be given a right of appeal.