Public Confidence in the Media and Police Debate
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Michael McCann
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Public Confidence in the Media and Police
Michael McCann Excerpts(12 years, 9 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend makes an important point. One of the things we can now do is leave the public inquiry to answer a lot of these difficult questions and refocus ourselves on issues related to the economy, the eurozone and jobs, which badly need answers.
Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (Lab)
May I ask the Prime Minister a question that will both help him to be transparent and quash a conspiracy theory? What was the name of the company that vetted Andy Coulson?
The Prime Minister
The point is that we employed a company to do this work. It was not something that we were planning to publish. It is something that companies and businesses do all the time, but in the end the responsibility is mine for employing him on the basis of the assurances that he gave.