Phone Hacking Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: Home Office

Phone Hacking

Lord Martin of Springburn Excerpts
Tuesday 6th December 2011

(12 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

My Lords, that is nonsense. Of course we have an interest in these matters, but at this stage it is right and proper that the Government wait until Lord Justice Leveson has reported. In the mean time, if any noble Lords or others think that they are having problems and that there has been criminality, I suggest that they get in contact with the police.

Lord Martin of Springburn Portrait Lord Martin of Springburn
- Hansard - -

My Lords, when the BBC acquires ex-directory phone numbers, does it have a responsibility to tell the subscribers of those numbers where it got the numbers from?

Lord Henley Portrait Lord Henley
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

My Lords, the noble Lord is going slightly beyond the Question on the Order Paper, but I shall certainly make inquiries for him and write in due course.