mr. coleson. enough to create a buffer that if there are convictions that can be traced back to him in terms of people he knew that he has enough of hey i dealt with this quickly? >> well, i think only for now and it may be some months before we really know the answers to that. certainly some weeks. because the two key issues which was the nature of his relationship with mr. coleson, whether there was anything more to keeping him in downing street than what he said, a second chance and so forth. and what he did, if anything, to support mr. murdoch's bid for the satellite broadcast. $12 billion bid for britain's most lucrative private television operation. now, those are issues that were thoroughly gone over. but there are police inquiries. of course now the press are all over this story. and if in the course of the next weeks or months it turns out that cameron has misled parliament, has not told the whole truth about this kwb either one of those things could be the end of his time at downing stre

mr. coleson. mr.aker, sir, my second question is, can he now explain -- can he now explain why he failed to act on clear information and why those around him built a wall of silence between the facts and prime minister. mr. speaker, the conflict of interest has real effects. the metropolitan police commissioner resigned on sunday. they didn't talk about the reasons of the resignation. we must talk about it. he was trapped. he was trapped between a secretary angry at not being told about the hiring of mr. coleson's deputy and belief in his own words that doing so would have compromised the prime minister. compromised him because of mr. coleson. why did he think that? because his own deputy, john yates was told by the prime minister's chief of staff that he was told nothing. this error of judgment, hiring coulson, hanging on to him too long contributed to the decision he found himself in and his decision to resign. my third question, mr. speaker, does the prime minister accept that his conflict of inter

mr. coleson.made the wrong choice. >> cameron was also questioned about the contact with news corp officials. he said today, though, he did not have any inappropriate discussions with them. he noted the labor party as well as his conservatives long courted rupert murdock and his company. >> everybody has done it. we've all got to admit this sort of relationship needs to be changed and put on a more healthy basis. >> murdock addressed this point in his hearings yesterday. >> you had frequent meetings the prime minister in your career. period after the arrest. >> i wish they'd leave me alone. >> the scandal led to resignation or arrest of journalists and top police officials. with the newly launched government investigation as well as police probes, there could be more to come. >> they should pursue the evidence wherever it leads and the arrest exactly who they wish. >> all of this is hurting cameron's popularity, his conservative party standing as slipped today. but opposition labor party is not le

mr. coleson's ashurntss that the phone hacking over which he resigned was an isolated example of illegal activities. the prime minister says the chief of staff is not passed on this very serious information. can he now tell us what information he proposes t take against the chief of staff? >> i have given, i think, the fullest possible answer i could to the right honed gentleman. and let me just say this. he can stand there and ask questions about andy. i can stand here and ask questions about tom baldwin. (cheers and applause) you know what, m speer? i think the public and the victims of the appalling scandal want us toise above this. >> >> mr. speaker, he just doesn't get it! (cheers and applause) he just doesn't get it. and most of all he should apologize for the catastrophic error of judgment he made in hiring andy coleson. rupert murdoch, his son james and news international chief executive rebekah brooks have been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee next tuesday. questions have begun to arise about the impact this scandal will have on the future of murdoch's global

mr. coleson. this portion is just over an hour and begins with the speaker's statement beginning with an attack on rupert murdoch beginning the day before. >> i want to comment on what happened yet. it is wholly unacceptable for a member of the public to treat a witness in this way. it is all the more regrettable when this should happen when the work of this house and this committee has hurt its reputation. i have set in an investigation into what took place, the reasons for the security failure, and -- order. and the lessons to be learned. this investigation will be entirely independent of the house authority. statement from the prime minister. >> with permission, i would like to make a statement. >> this has shaken people's trust in the media and the leg at of what they do, in the police and their ability to investigate media malpractice, and yes, in politics and in pligs ability to get to grips with this issue. people desperately want to put a stop to the illegal practices to ensure the indepen

mr. speaker, the prime minister has just made a very important admission. he has admitted that his chief of staff was given information before the general election that andy colesoned a man had hired a man jailed for seven years for a criminal conspiracy who made payments -- who made payments to the police on behalf of the "news of the world." this evidence casts serious doubt on mr. colson's assurances that the phone hacking over which he resigned was an isolated example of illegal activity. >> do you know what, mr. speaker? do you know what, mr. speaker? i think that the fub lick and the victims of this appalling scandal want us to rise above this and deal with the problems that this country faces. >> mr. milliband. >> mr. speaker, he just doesn't get it. he just doesn't get it. >> i'm afraid, mr. speaker, the person who is not getting it is now the leader of the opposition. >> the unfolding firestorm was brought to life by hollywood actor hugh grant, a brit himself who secretly taped a former news of the world reporter talking about the unsavory practices that he says everyone in his organization condone and encourage. here's grant taking a very uneasy looking