Public Confidence in the Media and Police Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Public Confidence in the Media and Police

George Freeman Excerpts
Wednesday 20th July 2011

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ed Miliband Portrait Edward Miliband
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Who is next? The hon. Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman) seems very excited so I will take his intervention.

George Freeman Portrait George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con)
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The Leader of the Opposition started by striking, as the Prime Minister did earlier, a tone of statesmanlike non-partisanship, and he had the attention of the House. Will he, as the Prime Minister did earlier, acknowledge the sins of his party, as ours, in the past 20 years and give a small apology for the excesses of media manipulation on his side of the House?

Ed Miliband Portrait Edward Miliband
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The hon. Gentleman obviously was not listening to what I was saying in my speech. We need to change—