Public Confidence in the Media and Police

Margaret Curran Excerpts

Wednesday 20th July 2011 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I agree with my hon. Friend, and I am going to address that directly in the speech that I will make in a moment. This is an opportunity to reset the clock, and we should take it.

[Margaret Curran (Glasgow East) (Lab)]

May I ask the Prime Minister, in all sincerity, to dissociate himself from the comment of the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West (Paul Uppal)? I can assure the Prime Minister, despite the debates that are going on here, that there is not one Member on the Opposition Benches who is seeking to make political capital out of the—[Interruption.] Can I ask the Chancellor in particular to pay attention to the last part of my remarks? I can assure this Chamber in the deepest sincerity that I do not believe there is one person in the Chamber seeking to make political capital out of the phone hacking—[Interruption.] I am deeply disappointed that I am not being heard. Let me tell the Prime Minister directly that there is not one person who is willing—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I must just ask the hon. Lady now to ask a single question in a sentence.

[Margaret Curran]

Will the Prime Minister dissociate himself from comments that allege that Opposition Members are seeking to make political capital out of the phone hacking of Milly Dowler?

[The Prime Minister]

I do not question the hon. Lady’s motives, but the point about this place is that people can watch what has been said, and they can form their own judgments.