Public Confidence in the Media and Police Debate

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Stephen Timms

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Speaker’s Statement

Public Confidence in the Media and Police

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Points of Order
Wednesday 20th July 2011

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am sure the judicial inquiry will do that. One of the issues that it is looking at is the relationship between politicians and the media, and the conduct of both.

Stephen Timms Portrait Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab)
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If the Prime Minister had known the new information about Andy Coulson given to his chief of staff by The Guardian, would he have gone ahead with the appointment? Surely he should have been passed that information.

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