Metropolitan Police Service

Chris Leslie Excerpts

Monday 18th July 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mrs May]

I would hope that police authorities will have been considering the issues that have been raised, and that they will give full and proper support to the review that the inspectorate of constabulary will do on this issue in police forces across the country.

[Chris Leslie (Nottingham East) (Lab/Co-op)]

The Home Secretary says that she did not know about the appointment of Mr Neil Wallis to the Metropolitan police. Did Andy Coulson know, and did the Prime Minister know?

[Mrs May]

I might remind the hon. Gentleman and the House that in fact, the appointment of Neil Wallis—or, to be correct, of Chamy Media—was undertaken not under this Government, but in September 2009, under the previous one.