. >> on the civil service, can he assure the house that at no time did sir gus o'donnell, the then cabinet secretary or any civil servant raise concerns with him or his office about hiring andy coulson. >> gus o'donnell has made that very clear in the evidence he gave to the inquiry. and indeed on the issue of vetting, on the issue of vetting, he was absolutely clear that the decision about vetting is for the permanent secretary at number 10, sir hayward, sbhon has served with impeccable service as well as coalition governments led by conservative prime minister. what the right honorable gentleman is trying to do is go through all of the old questions that were answered by the levison inquiry. he didn't like the answer because he was trying to prove some cooked up conspiracy between the conservatives and news international. he cannot manage to do it because the levison inquiry can't find it. now, he asked a minute ago what is weak. i will tell you what is weak. attacking murdoch attacking the newspaper and then apologizing only a few hours later. >> mr. speaker, the prime minister said in

i would like an answer about whether sir gus o'donnell or senior civil servants raised concerns with him or his office n. the truthoulso about this is that the charge of the prime minister is not one of -- of ignorance, but of willful negligence. he didn't stand up for thousands of victims of phone hacking. the prime minister will always be remembered as the first occupant of his office who brought a criminal into the heart of downing street. >> he brought up the issue of the warning from the guardian. i totally disproved him using the evidence. he brought up the idea of direct vetting, i totally disproved him by using the evidence. they cannot bear the fact that an eight-month inquiry that he hoped was going to pin the blame on me found that i had behaved correctly throughout. that is the case. all of these issues were -- all these issues were examined by the levers and inquiry. if he wants to debate the calls we make and the leadership we give, i am happy to anytime. is leadership that has got this economy moving. it is leadership that has got our deficit down. it is leadership tha

important question which the whole country will want an attitude about whether, about whether sir gus o'donnell our senior civil servants raised concern within or his office about andy coulson and the truth about this is the charge against the prime minister or is not one o of the great. it is willful negligence. and at the heart of the scandal are thousands of innocent victims of phone hacking he didn't stand up for. the prime minister will always be remembered as being the first ever occupant of his office who brought a criminal into the heart of downing street. [shouting] >> he brought up the issue of the warning from "the guardian." i totally disproved him using the evidence. he brought up the idea of direct venting but i've totally disproved them by using the evidence. he cannot do the fact that an eight-month inquiry that he hopes is going to pin the blame on me found that i had behaved correctly throughout. that is the case. all of these issues were examined for all of these issues were examined by the leveson inquiry, but if he wants to debate the cause we make and the leadership we giv