speaker, lord justice levison will be publishing his report and recommendation soon. the deputy prime minister said that provideed justice levison's proposals are workable the government should implement them and we agree. when his report is published, will the government convene cross party talks to take it forward? we need a strong, free press, and we also need a proper system to protect people from being, as the prime minister said, thrown to the wolves. >> hear, hear. >> i agree with much of what she said about levison if his proposal, and i haven't seen them yet, we'll have to wait to see what he comes up with. i think we should seek to support them. of course. that is the whole point of the exercise. i also agree with her we should work on a cross party basis where we can. this is a major, major issue which escapes the normal kind of point scoring in party politics and there are two principles she alludes to. firstly, we must do everything to ensure we maintain a free independent press and what makes our democracy and our country what it is. but also make sure t

in london today, lord justice brian levison had the culture, ethics into the british press and to oversee press behavior. this in the wake of the behavior that surfaced at rupert murdoch's newspaper, "news of the world." his briefing this morning is about 25 minutes. >> good afternoon. for the seventh time in less than 70 years there's a new report commissioned by the government dealing with concerns about the press. it was sparked by public revulsion about a single act. the hacking of a mobile phone by a murdered teenager. it has expanded to cover the culture, practices and ethics of the press and its conduct in relation to the public, the police and politicians. this inquiry has been the most concentrated look at the press this country has ever seen. in nearly nine months of all hearings, 337 witnesses gave evidence in person and the statements of nearly 300 others were read into the record. i am grateful to all who have contributed. the report will now be published on the inquiry website which also carries the statements, exhibits and both transcripts and video coverage of the evidence