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13th Jul 2011, 12:54
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"13 July 2011 Last updated at 12:44 GMT
Phone hacking: Prime minister reveals inquiry powers
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Rupert Murdoch is being urged to heed the will of Parliament with all parties opposing his BSkyB bid
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The judge leading the phone hacking inquiry will have powers to call media proprietors, editors and politicians to give evidence under oath, the PM said.
Lord Justice Leveson will oversee the public inquiry into the News of the World scandal and media regulation.
David Cameron said those who sanctioned wrongdoing should have no further role in running a media company in the UK.
And he told MPs parent company News Corp should stop thinking about taking over BSkyB and sort out the mess.
In a statement to the Commons, he said the inquiry would begin as "quickly as possible" and would be in two parts - an investigation of wrongdoing in the press and the police and a review of regulation in the press.
He said Lord Justice Leveson, assisted by a panel of senior independent figures, would make recommendations for a better way of regulating the press which "supports their freedom, plurality and independence from government but which also demands the highest ethical and professional standards".
He will also make recommendations about the future conduct of relations between politicians and the press.
Mr Cameron told MPs he will require all ministers and civil servants to record meetings with senior editors and media executives to help make the UK government "one of the most open in the world".
Labour leader Ed Miliband welcomed the proposal, arguing it must be imposed retrospectively, so that he and Mr Cameron publish all details of meetings with media executives dating back to the last general election.
It comes as the UK's main political parties are set to unite to urge News Corp's Rupert Murdoch to drop his bid to buy the satellite broadcaster.
Continue reading the main story
Scope of hacking inquiry
Culture, practices and ethics of the press
Their relationship with the police
Failure of current regulation
Contacts made and discussions between national newspapers and politicians
Why previous warnings about press misconduct were not heeded
Issue of cross-media ownership
The Labour motion could raise pressure on Mr Murdoch but is not legally binding.
Earlier at prime minister's questions, Mr Cameron said a "firestorm" was engulfing parts of the media and police, and those who had committed offences must be prosecuted.
Mr Miliband said it was an insult to the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose phone was allegedly hacked, that Rebekah Brooks was still News International's chief executive.
Mr Cameron responded: "She was right to resign, that resignation should have been accepted. There needs to be root and branch change at this entire organisation.
"What has happened at this company is disgraceful - it's got to be addressed at every level."
A Commons debate is to follow later, which Downing Street said the prime minister will not be attending. His spokesman said Mr Cameron would vote - if it came to one - "providing his diary allows".
The support for the motion comes after Mr Cameron met Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband at Downing Street to discuss the hacking scandal on Tuesday.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson is believed to have updated the three men on the current state of the police inquiry into hacking claims when he visited Number 10.
Among the signatories of the motion are the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Green party.
In other developments:
News International's legal manager Tom Crone, who primarily worked at the News of the World and on the Sun, has left the company
The Sun has defended its story revealing Mr Brown's youngest son Fraser had cystic fibrosis. It has released a video of the man it says was the source - the man's face is not revealed and his voice is disguised to protect his identity
The prime minister is due to meet the parents of Milly Dowler
The Australian arm of Mr Murdoch's media empire is to investigate all payments made to contributors since 2008
In the US, Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller called for an investigation into whether phone hacking targeted any American citizens and whether journalists working for News Corp had broken US law
Shares in News Corp have fallen 14% since 4 July, wiping about $5bn off the company's value
Following fresh revelations about alleged malpractice at News International - News Corp's UK newspaper arm - Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt referred the company's bid to acquire the 61% of shares it does not already own in BSkyB to the Competition Commission.
But MPs want News Corp to pre-empt the regulator's inquiry - and Mr Hunt's final decision on whether to approve the deal - by agreeing to withdraw the bid.
Vendetta
Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis said although any vote would not have an effect on the regulatory process, the support of all MPs would ramp up the pressure on Mr Murdoch to reconsider his position.
He rejected suggestions Labour was pursuing a vendetta against News International, which switched its support from Labour to the Tories before the last election.
Meanwhile, Labour's communications chief Tom Baldwin is facing renewed questions over claims he handled private information which was gained illegally during his years at the Times newspaper, another News International publication.
The former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft makes the allegations in a blog posting on ConservativeHome, which he owns. Mr Baldwin has not responded to the claims.
On Tuesday, former senior police officers told MPs the original inquiry into phone hacking did not get the attention it deserved because other duties would have been neglected, and News International failed to co-operate with them.
Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said it was now time for News International to explain themselves - as the police had done, and hand over any evidence of corruption among police officers.
"Let's not play around with legal games here - if they have names, dates, times, places, payments to officers, we would like to see them so that we can lock these officers up and throw away the key," he said."
"13 July 2011 Last updated at 12:44 GMT
Phone hacking: Prime minister reveals inquiry powers
COMMENTS (271)
Rupert Murdoch is being urged to heed the will of Parliament with all parties opposing his BSkyB bid
Continue reading the main story
Phone-hacking scandal
Cameron hacking statement Live
Sunday Times rejects Brown attack
Rupert Murdoch 'could face MPs'
Q&A: Phone-hacking scandal
The judge leading the phone hacking inquiry will have powers to call media proprietors, editors and politicians to give evidence under oath, the PM said.
Lord Justice Leveson will oversee the public inquiry into the News of the World scandal and media regulation.
David Cameron said those who sanctioned wrongdoing should have no further role in running a media company in the UK.
And he told MPs parent company News Corp should stop thinking about taking over BSkyB and sort out the mess.
In a statement to the Commons, he said the inquiry would begin as "quickly as possible" and would be in two parts - an investigation of wrongdoing in the press and the police and a review of regulation in the press.
He said Lord Justice Leveson, assisted by a panel of senior independent figures, would make recommendations for a better way of regulating the press which "supports their freedom, plurality and independence from government but which also demands the highest ethical and professional standards".
He will also make recommendations about the future conduct of relations between politicians and the press.
Mr Cameron told MPs he will require all ministers and civil servants to record meetings with senior editors and media executives to help make the UK government "one of the most open in the world".
Labour leader Ed Miliband welcomed the proposal, arguing it must be imposed retrospectively, so that he and Mr Cameron publish all details of meetings with media executives dating back to the last general election.
It comes as the UK's main political parties are set to unite to urge News Corp's Rupert Murdoch to drop his bid to buy the satellite broadcaster.
Continue reading the main story
Scope of hacking inquiry
Culture, practices and ethics of the press
Their relationship with the police
Failure of current regulation
Contacts made and discussions between national newspapers and politicians
Why previous warnings about press misconduct were not heeded
Issue of cross-media ownership
The Labour motion could raise pressure on Mr Murdoch but is not legally binding.
Earlier at prime minister's questions, Mr Cameron said a "firestorm" was engulfing parts of the media and police, and those who had committed offences must be prosecuted.
Mr Miliband said it was an insult to the family of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler, whose phone was allegedly hacked, that Rebekah Brooks was still News International's chief executive.
Mr Cameron responded: "She was right to resign, that resignation should have been accepted. There needs to be root and branch change at this entire organisation.
"What has happened at this company is disgraceful - it's got to be addressed at every level."
A Commons debate is to follow later, which Downing Street said the prime minister will not be attending. His spokesman said Mr Cameron would vote - if it came to one - "providing his diary allows".
The support for the motion comes after Mr Cameron met Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband at Downing Street to discuss the hacking scandal on Tuesday.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson is believed to have updated the three men on the current state of the police inquiry into hacking claims when he visited Number 10.
Among the signatories of the motion are the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Green party.
In other developments:
News International's legal manager Tom Crone, who primarily worked at the News of the World and on the Sun, has left the company
The Sun has defended its story revealing Mr Brown's youngest son Fraser had cystic fibrosis. It has released a video of the man it says was the source - the man's face is not revealed and his voice is disguised to protect his identity
The prime minister is due to meet the parents of Milly Dowler
The Australian arm of Mr Murdoch's media empire is to investigate all payments made to contributors since 2008
In the US, Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller called for an investigation into whether phone hacking targeted any American citizens and whether journalists working for News Corp had broken US law
Shares in News Corp have fallen 14% since 4 July, wiping about $5bn off the company's value
Following fresh revelations about alleged malpractice at News International - News Corp's UK newspaper arm - Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt referred the company's bid to acquire the 61% of shares it does not already own in BSkyB to the Competition Commission.
But MPs want News Corp to pre-empt the regulator's inquiry - and Mr Hunt's final decision on whether to approve the deal - by agreeing to withdraw the bid.
Vendetta
Shadow culture secretary Ivan Lewis said although any vote would not have an effect on the regulatory process, the support of all MPs would ramp up the pressure on Mr Murdoch to reconsider his position.
He rejected suggestions Labour was pursuing a vendetta against News International, which switched its support from Labour to the Tories before the last election.
Meanwhile, Labour's communications chief Tom Baldwin is facing renewed questions over claims he handled private information which was gained illegally during his years at the Times newspaper, another News International publication.
The former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft makes the allegations in a blog posting on ConservativeHome, which he owns. Mr Baldwin has not responded to the claims.
On Tuesday, former senior police officers told MPs the original inquiry into phone hacking did not get the attention it deserved because other duties would have been neglected, and News International failed to co-operate with them.
Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said it was now time for News International to explain themselves - as the police had done, and hand over any evidence of corruption among police officers.
"Let's not play around with legal games here - if they have names, dates, times, places, payments to officers, we would like to see them so that we can lock these officers up and throw away the key," he said."