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Proceeding contribution from John Whittingdale (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 22 May 2012. It occurred during Debate on Privilege.


Privilege

I shall bear your warnings in mind, Mr Speaker, but the hon. Gentleman is raising matters that I think Parliament needs to consider. In particular, the Select Committee did decide to dispatch the Serjeant at Arms to serve a summons on Mr James Murdoch and Mr Rupert Murdoch after they had initially said that they were not willing to attend the Committee at the time when we had asked them to attend. I have to say, however, that we did so with some trepidation, because we genuinely had no idea what would happen if they maintained their refusal to come. That too is something that Parliament needs to think about.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
545 c1001 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Evidence Newspaper press Parliamentary procedure Telephone tapping Committee on Standards and Privileges News International Culture, Media and Sport Committee Contempt of Parliament
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