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Phone Hacking

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Parliamentary proceeding

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531 c311-38 

Session

2010-12

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

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Deposited Paper DEP2011-1202
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
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House of Lords
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Proceeding contributions

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) I hope the inquiry will look at what happened with the Information Commissioner's report, because th...

David Morris | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Prime Minister, given the group feeling in the House, whether we could put the full ve...

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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) This is an independent public inquiry led by a judge, with evidence being taken under oath and being...

Jonathan Edwards | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister says that he wants a cross-party approach to this issue, so when will he meet the...

Rehman Chishti | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement and the leadership he has shown on this matter. Will he cla...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) I think that is right. The point about the relationship between politicians and the press, and where...

Charlie Elphicke | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Prime Minister's reaffirmation that sunlight is the best disinfectant? If we are r...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend the Culture Secretary can answer this question in the debate later. The point i...

Sheila Gilmore | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) At the turn of the year, when Opposition Members were urging the Culture Secretary to refer the BSky...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c335 (Link to this contribution) We all have to answer questions about the people we employ and the activities they might have undert...

Ian Murray | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) If the will of the House this evening is carried and News International simply withdraws its bid for...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c333-4 (Link to this contribution) As I have tried to explain, the Government have a responsibility to act within the law. We have to d...

David Rutley | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. Can he tell the House whether other national Governments...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) I have not had any contact with any US politicians about this issue.

Nicholas Dakin | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister explain further the practical difference between self-regulation and indepen...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a very good and sensitive point. It is not just for the PCC but for newspapers t...

Madeleine Moon | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) In the fire storm that has hit the country, thousands of families have been thrown back to the traum...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend did an excellent job as my press secretary for many years before taking the sensible ...

George Eustice | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that one of the key weaknesses of the PCC is that the public interest ...

Grahame Morris | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister has said on several occasions that we should follow the evidence trail wherever i...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c332 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. First, the inquiry will make recommendations across all police fo...

Lord Watts | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that the general public will find it amazing that anyone is suggesting...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) That is right; we will never stop all law-breaking through a regulatory system, just as we will neve...

Bob Stewart | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that we will never be able to stop criminals who are intent on phone...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) The point about the judge-led inquiry is that it must choose who it wants to speak to and it must th...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that Lance Price will be available. I have to say that the book he wrote about the last Go...

Harriett Baldwin | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) Will the inquiry be able to take evidence from Mr Lance Price who used to work at Downing street and...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c333 (Link to this contribution) I like the word ““independent”” rather than ““self””, which sounds as though newspapers will be regu...

Alun Cairns | 531 c338 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister regret the Opposition's inaction over such serious and grave issues over a n...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c337-8 (Link to this contribution) Many people on the Press Complaints Commission have tried to make it work. I would argue that it has...

Sajid Javid | 531 c337 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement. Does he agree that the Press Complaints Commission as curr...

Duncan Hames | 531 c338 (Link to this contribution) Media regulation, like the inquiry, goes well beyond simple law-breaking. How can we be sure that it...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c338 (Link to this contribution) I long ago learned my lesson about not saying anything about the Twittersphere for fear of getting t...

Christopher Pincher | 531 c338 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree with a senior commentator in the Twittersphere who says that people ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c338 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. We need an all-party approach, as far as possible. Sometimes all-party appr...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c338 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. The part of the inquiry which is, for instance, investigating...

Speaker | 531 c338 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister and colleagues for their succinctness, which enabled all 78 Back Benchers...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) That needs to be part of the police inquiry, never mind the inquiry that is about to start under Jud...

Graham P Jones | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) I am not a legal expert, but I am deeply concerned about the suggestion that there is a non-disclosu...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) We will look at the issue of transparency and how best to put it into the ministerial code, and cons...

Lord Barwell | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) On the issue of transparency about meetings between politicians and media proprietors and executives...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) Yes, this is a public inquiry held in public.

Jim Shannon | 531 c336 (Link to this contribution) Will the meetings of the inquiry be open to the general public? In other words, will we all know wha...

Tom Brake | 531 c337 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister believe that once a healthier relationship is established between politician...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c337 (Link to this contribution) That is a lovely idea. As I say, the inquiry will not mean no contact between politicians and the me...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c337 (Link to this contribution) I agree. There is nothing wrong with meeting editors or proprietors and trying to explain why your v...

Jack Dromey | 531 c327 (Link to this contribution) An outraged public demand action and expect leadership in the public interest. At every stage, the P...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c327-8 (Link to this contribution) The point I would make is that in government you are not just making speeches; you have got to make ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c328 (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, we are looking at that specific issue. We have asked Ofcom and the Competition Co...

Paul Flynn | 531 c328 (Link to this contribution) In the cash for honours inquiry, the Met judged all suspects to be innocent until they were proved t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c328 (Link to this contribution) That is a matter for the inquiry. I think there are difficulties here. The reason for the statutory ...

Nadhim Zahawi | 531 c328 (Link to this contribution) I commend the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister for working with the Opposition in dealin...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c328 (Link to this contribution) We all have to answer for the people who work for us and the accusations that are made against them....

Baroness Curran | 531 c328-9 (Link to this contribution) May I emphasise to the Prime Minister that the feelings of revulsion being expressed against these p...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) I have regular conversations with the First Minister. In this case, the best thing is to ensure that...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c327 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises a very good point, because ““media”” now encompasses such a wide range of thin...

Peter Bone | 531 c326 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition, and you, Mr Speaker, on gran...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c326 (Link to this contribution) I will have to look closely at the issue that the hon. Gentleman raises. Perhaps it is something on ...

Conor Burns | 531 c327 (Link to this contribution) With the number of individuals and organisations with questions to answer growing by the day, will t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c326 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. The British press has a lot to be proud of in terms of its record...

Adrian Bailey | 531 c326 (Link to this contribution) Earlier, in his responses during Prime Minister's questions, the Prime Minister alluded to alleged l...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c327 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that that is something the inquiry can look at. I do not share Tony Blair's regret on free...

Phillip Lee | 531 c327 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the Prime Minister's plans to change the ministerial code in respect of meetings...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c327 (Link to this contribution) There is never normally any shortage of people calling for Parliament to be recalled—indeed, I remem...

Denis MacShane | 531 c327 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's repeated emphasis on transparency. In that respect, does he think it ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. Clearly, one thing that the second part of the inquiry will consi...

Mark Durkan | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) Has the Prime Minister satisfied himself that the proposed double-barrelled inquiry will be proofed ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good question. I have found, doing this job, that almost nothing is chicaned, as he p...

Steve Barclay | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) Will the Prime Minister confirm that the police investigation will include payments made to connecte...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) That is a repeated call to the one made by the hon. Member for West Bromwich West (Mr Bailey). I thi...

Lord Brennan of Canton | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) Just to be absolutely clear, the Prime Minister said earlier that proprietors could be called to the...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) The inquiry must follow the evidence wherever it leads and if it finds malpractice in any of the ser...

Pamela Nash | 531 c330-1 (Link to this contribution) In recent days, it has become clear that a number of the alleged crimes that will be covered by the ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) One reason we need to consult about the terms of reference is to ensure that we consult with devolve...

Adrian Sanders | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Prime Minister on grasping the nettle. Let me repeat the point made by the hon. M...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a good point. I am sure the inquiry will look at that, but let me repeat somethi...

Stephen Timms | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) Why did his chief of staff not pass on to him what he found out from The Guardian?

Jo Swinson | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) Even if private medical details are obtained without breaking the law, it does not mean that it is r...

Mark Reckless | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) Is the Prime Minister aware that the Home Affairs Committee hearing yesterday was not a one-off but ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) I will be happy to go along to the inquiry and answer any questions it wants to put to me about any ...

William Cash | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for that, Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister has referred repeatedly to media organisations a...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) As I said, whatever terms of reference are agreed with a judge they are free to pursue the evidence....

Speaker | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) Order. I would like to accommodate a few more colleagues, but to do so I require brevity. I call Mr ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c332 (Link to this contribution) As I said in my statement, this is one of the biggest police investigations currently ongoing in Bri...

Nick Smith | 531 c332 (Link to this contribution) Given the point made earlier by the Chair of the Select Committee on Home Affairs that the Metropoli...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c332 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. We should celebrate good journalism and social responsibili...

Matt Hancock | 531 c332 (Link to this contribution) May I push the Prime Minister a little more on the culture of journalism? As with the bankers crisis...

Eric Ollerenshaw | 531 c332 (Link to this contribution) May I for one congratulate the Prime Minister and other party leaders on the speed and scope of all ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises a good issue. I do not see why the answer to that should be no. If you own...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c332 (Link to this contribution) The premise underlying the hon. Gentleman's question is wrong. My understanding is that when there i...

Bill Esterson | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said that destroying evidence would be a criminal offence, but my understanding i...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. I do not want those people in the press who work hard, who are go...

Daniel Byles | 531 c331 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that it would be a mistake if, at the end of this process, we saw the ...

Baroness Morgan of Cotes | 531 c318-9 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister is absolutely right to concentrate on wider issues than the BSkyB takeover. Is it...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c319 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. No regulatory system in the world can protect against all bad pra...

Keith Vaz | 531 c318 (Link to this contribution) May I also welcome the inquiry and thank the Prime Minister for consulting the Home Affairs Committe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c318 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his approach and the constructive suggestions that he made last...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c320 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made a good point. One of the features of an inquiry such as this is that the...

Chris Bryant | 531 c319-20 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday afternoon we heard that the man who is in charge of counter-terrorism in the Metropolitan ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c319 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps it is worth my explaining why we decided, in the end, to have one inquiry rather than two. I...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 531 c319 (Link to this contribution) The inquiry announced by my right hon. Friend involves a very wide set of responsibilities. Can he b...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c319 (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Lady knows, in politics we have huge levels of transparency in relation to jobs that for...

Bridget Phillipson | 531 c319 (Link to this contribution) There has been serious disquiet about whether it was appropriate for former senior public servants t...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c321-2 (Link to this contribution) Of course, all the time during Andy Coulson's employment, when articles were appearing and there was...

Barry Gardiner | 531 c321 (Link to this contribution) Can the Prime Minister tell the House whether he had any conversations about phone-hacking with Andy...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c322 (Link to this contribution) I think it is difficult to bring forward specific legislation for a specific company; we have got to...

Paul Farrelly | 531 c322 (Link to this contribution) Before the inquiries have been completed, if News Corporation does not heed the mood of the British ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c322 (Link to this contribution) I shall be meeting representatives of Hacked Off this afternoon. I have looked carefully at the brie...

Julian Huppert | 531 c322 (Link to this contribution) Yesterday I met representatives of Hacked Off, who have been campaigning for a full inquiry on behal...

Dennis Skinner | 531 c323 (Link to this contribution) Everybody is aware that the reason why Murdoch had such tremendous power was that he had more than 4...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c323 (Link to this contribution) Of course, the inquiry can go where it wants to go; it can follow the evidence where it leads. I am ...

Oliver Heald | 531 c322 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Leveson inquiry and agree very much with the Prime Minister that our focus should be o...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c322 (Link to this contribution) I will, of course, do that. This inquiry gives us an opportunity to look at some reports that a lot ...

David Ruffley | 531 c320 (Link to this contribution) In 2003, the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport asked for an investigation of the practice...

Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 531 c320 (Link to this contribution) I believe that if these measures are carried out, some good will come out of evil. I find myself in ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c320 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made a good point, but I think that if we are to try to get this right, we must a...

Robert Buckland | 531 c320-1 (Link to this contribution) Will the ambit of the judicial inquiry focus on the need to enable ordinary members of the public, s...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c320 (Link to this contribution) Let me say to the hon. Gentleman that the judge can take the inquiry in any direction in which the e...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c321 (Link to this contribution) That is a good point. We must keep the public, and the victims of what has now emerged, front and ce...

Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 531 c321 (Link to this contribution) Given the Prime Minister's acknowledgment that a cross-party consensus is essential, why has there b...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c321 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. That consultation simply was not possible in the time that was av...

Daniel Kawczynski | 531 c321 (Link to this contribution) Some people find it difficult to sue newspapers that have lied about them because of the complexity ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c321 (Link to this contribution) Obviously one of the things that the inquiry will have to look into is how people can obtain redress...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c326 (Link to this contribution) I will have to look at the point that the hon. Lady makes. It sounds perfectly sensible but we have ...

Tessa Munt | 531 c325-6 (Link to this contribution) In the light of and under the pressure of this inquiry it seems possible that serving police officer...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c325 (Link to this contribution) Let me deal specifically with the issue of John Yates, because this is important. He does an extreme...

David Lammy | 531 c325 (Link to this contribution) Given what the Prime Minister has said about the police's performance yesterday, was it wise of the ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c325 (Link to this contribution) The relationship did get unhealthy. It was too close and, as I have put it, too much time was spent ...

Graham Stuart | 531 c325 (Link to this contribution) For the first time ever, I think, I agree with the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr Skinner). What is mo...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c324-5 (Link to this contribution) The ““fit and proper”” test is a matter for Ofcom; it has to carry that out. It is right in this cou...

Geraint Davies | 531 c324 (Link to this contribution) In light of the information available to the Prime Minister on phone hacking, what techniques does h...

Yasmin Qureshi | 531 c326 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister talks about independent regulation. May I ask that the inquiry considers possible...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c326 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a very good point. I have worked in a regulated industry, in television, where y...

Tony Baldry | 531 c324 (Link to this contribution) Is blagging already a criminal offence, and if it is not, will it be made a criminal offence?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c323-4 (Link to this contribution) The problem we face is that we have a set of rules concerning competition policy, plurality and ““fi...

David Winnick | 531 c324 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that some of the evidence given to the Home Affairs Committee yesterda...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c324 (Link to this contribution) Unlike my hon. Friend, I am not a lawyer, but I believe it is a criminal offence, because someone wh...

Andrew Selous | 531 c323 (Link to this contribution) We do not want anybody to be arrested in secret, but neither is it right that individual police offi...

Helen Goodman | 531 c323 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister's statement was a bit complex, but it sounds as if the decision on the takeover w...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c323 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend correctly identifies this as a problem, but I am not sure that I agree with his solut...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c324 (Link to this contribution) I agree. I watched some of the evidence, and that was very striking. Let us be frank about transpare...

Brian Binley | 531 c324 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement, and may I say that it is good to see him on the front foot...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c324 (Link to this contribution) Of course, relationships that have become unhealthy between some police officers and some media orga...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c311-2 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement. In recent days, the whole country has...

Speaker | 531 c316 (Link to this contribution) Order. A very large number of colleagues wish to catch my eye, so I appeal to each Back Bencher to a...

Ed Miliband | 531 c314-5 (Link to this contribution) I start by thanking the Prime Minister for his statement, and for the meeting last night. The revela...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c315-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for the helpful meeting we had last night and for the constructive ...

Ronnie Campbell | 531 c312 (Link to this contribution) Murdoch?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c312-4 (Link to this contribution) Proprietors were included in that list. Starting as soon as possible, Lord Justice Leveson, assiste...

Ben Bradshaw | 531 c317 (Link to this contribution) Given what the Prime Minister has said, will he now publish details of all the discussions that he a...

Simon Hughes | 531 c317 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his decisive announcement and for the work that he and the Deputy Pri...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c317 (Link to this contribution) To be fair to my right hon. Friend, the issue of the Information Commissioner's reports—particularly...

John Whittingdale | 531 c316 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement, and thank him for consulting me, and my two fellow Select ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c316-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend speaks very good sense about this matter. Ultimately, we want not just a free press, ...

Jack Straw | 531 c317-8 (Link to this contribution) May I commend the Prime Minister on the appointment of Lord Justice Leveson, who, as I am sure the J...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c318 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman speaks some very wise words. There are ways of setting up a regulatory syst...

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 531 c318 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Prime Minister's statement and the terms of the public inquiry that he set out, but wi...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c318 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. It takes, as it were, two to blag—someone to ask, and someone to ...

Naomi Long | 531 c337 (Link to this contribution) I have been listening carefully to the Prime Minister's answers. Does he accept that there is a sign...

Angela C Smith | 531 c330 (Link to this contribution) In his statement, the Prime Minister said that Judge Leveson and his panel will inquire into ““the c...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c334 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to get into theological debate about this, but I think the problem with the phrase ““s...

Lord Foster of Bath | 531 c328 (Link to this contribution) On that very point, does the Prime Minister agree that if there are any legal restrictions preventin...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c329 (Link to this contribution) I think I have answered this question in some detail. The fact is that the information was not passe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 531 c317 (Link to this contribution) What has happened here is a massive firestorm of allegations that have got worse and worse. On both ...

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Disclosure of information Codes of practice Criminal investigation Corruption Sky Ethics Independent Police Complaints Commission Misconduct Ownership Police Newspaper press Ministers Media Special advisers Metropolitan Police Public inquiries Regulation Takeovers Telephone tapping Senior civil servants Politicians News Corporation News of the World

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