Motion to debate phone hacking report tabled in Commons
22 May 2012
The Speaker has given precedence to a matter of privilege and there will be a debate on 22 May 2012 about the Culture, Media and Sport Committee's report on News International and phone-hacking.
John Whittingdale MP, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has today tabled the following motion in the House of Commons:
That this House notes the conclusions set out in chapter 8 of the Eleventh Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Session 2010–12, on News International and Phone-hacking, HC 903-I, and orders That the matter be referred to the Committee on Standards and Privileges.
The debate will take place mid-afternoon after any statements. The motion can be debated, amended and can be agreed by the House as a whole, or go to a division-a vote-to be agreed or not.
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Watch the debate from around 3.30pm
Read the report and find out more about the inquiry
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee report: News International and Phone-hacking
- Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry: Phone-hacking
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Read a note from the Clerk of the House following the publication of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee report on phone-hacking.