Ian C. Lucas
Main Page: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)
Wednesday 25th April 2012
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Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)
Will the Secretary of State confirm that he requested that Adam Smith be the point of contact with News International?
Mr Hunt
I will not confirm it because I do not think it was a process that was—[Hon. Members: “Answer.”] I am trying to answer the question, with the greatest respect to hon. Members. I do not think the process was me asking for certain people to play certain roles. It was a more fluid process than that, but the structures that we ended up with were ones of which the permanent secretary approved. That is the crucial point.