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Proceeding contribution from Toby Perkins (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 July 2011. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Public Confidence in the Media and Police.


Public Confidence in the Media and Police

The Prime Minister seems to be suggesting that his appointment of Andy Coulson was a huge success. In fact, Sir Paul Stephenson has made it clear that that appointment prevented him from giving information to the Prime Minister that he would otherwise have given. Is it not fundamentally obvious to everyone that the Prime Minister made a dramatic error of judgment in appointing Andy Coulson, not with the benefit of—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
531 c957 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Criminal investigation Corruption Conduct Career development Sky Ethics Prime Minister Police Newspaper press Mergers Ministers Media Metropolitan Police Resignations Telephone tapping Conservative Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Politicians News Corporation Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry Coulson, Andy Gloucester, Bishop of News of the World Stephenson, Paul Wallis, Neil
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk