The hon. Gentleman is fully aware that the original police investigation was flawed. We now know that we were lied to by executives of News International in the Select Committees of this House. The Press Complaints Commission has accepted that it was lied to by representatives of News International and it is therefore completely disingenuous to hold the previous Government responsible for a failure to act on phone hacking.
Public Confidence in the Media and Police
Proceeding contribution from
Ivan Lewis
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 July 2011.
It occurred during Debate on Public Confidence in the Media and Police.
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