rebekah brooks was still there and myself. it was done like that. >> i think he misunderstood the question, mr. murdoch. i'm not looking now at the decision you took, i think on july 7 -- >> did we sit down and write out the costs and how many millions? >> no. .. >> people are thinking well of our company and thinking well of our newspapers. >> do you expect that the evidence demonstrates that your company managed to -- the legal risks by covering it up? >> no. >> even though you said -- >> there was no attempt either at my level or several levels below me to cover it up. we set up inquiry after inquiry. legal firm after legal firm, and perhaps we relied too much on the conclusions of the police and you know i think that, you may not take my word for it but just in dates, we realized we had a mage or problem. then, the select committee of parliament met and heard from some of our executives and accused accuse them of selective amnesia, and i think that our response to that was hard to intensive and once more disrespectful of p

rebekah brooks, and now the culture secretary? when is he going to realize that it is time to stop putting his cronies before the interest of the country? >> and anxious minister looked on as the prime minister insisted that it was for the inquiry to investigate, and no one should prejudge. >> that is the inquiry i have set up. where is the proper regulator of the press? whether it is cleaning up our financial system, dealing with our debts, what a pity. >> all of this was brought up with evidence when james murdock was questioned at the inquiry yesterday. what is at issue is what the truth is about the attempted multi-billion pound takeover of b sky b and the culture secretary's relations with james murdoch. murdoch was told by his advisers that he had managed to get some information, although absolutely illegal, about what jeremy hunt would say to parliament the next day. the minister believed that they would get there at the end. today the culture secretary was forced to come to the commons to insist he had done nothing wrong.

murdoch found himself at a pre-christmas dinner at the home of rebekah brooks, then chief executive of news international. one of the guest was david cameron. had he discussed the bskyb bid with the prime minister? >> i imagine i expressed the hope that it would go the way that was judicial. >> jeremy hunt was the cultural secretary. he had a legal obligation to act impartially. the picture that emerged at the enquiry was of surreptitious contact with news international. council quoted from dozens of confidential e-mails from the office of jeremy hunt. >> you were being given private information about the secretary of state. >> i think this is a private view. >> council pointed out that jeremy hunt was acting in a quasi judicial capacity, deciding whether the news international bid could proceed. he was, in effect, a judge. >> he was in contact with this special advisor directly, so you were having interactions with him, weren't you? >> i would not say there were cobourg. i would imagine his advisers were communicating around other transactions as well -- out not said there were covert

it is a pattern with this prime minister -- andy coulson, rebekah brooks and now the culture secretary. when is he going to realise that it is time to stop putting his cronies before the interests of the country? >> i have to say to the right honorable gentleman that he called for an independent judicial inquiry. that is the inquiry i have set up. >> you have been watching prime minister questions. he agreed the terms of reference. now he is flip-flopping all over the place. the fact is that the problem of closeness between politicians and media proprietors had been going on for years and it is this government who are going to sort it out. whether it is the proper regulation of the press, whether it is cleaning up our financial system, whether it is dealing with our debts -- i don't duck my responsibilities. what a pity he cannot live up to his. >> more! >> i call karl mccartney. >> more! >> order. i call mr karl mccartney. >> is my right honorable friend aware of recent very good news in the manufacturing and engineering sectors in lincoln? hoval has seen an increase in turnover of ov

it's rebekah brooks 13 minutes later sending an e-mail to you and to mr. michel clear that rebekah brooks has spoken to either george osborne or his office the message is -- total bafflement and response. so you're also getting insight into what mr. osborne thinks about the issues letter, or to speak it may not have been the issues letter. remember there was a general bafflement at ofcom's view, because most people would assume it controlled sky already. >> mr. osborne's list of meetings prior to this, this conversation with mrs. brooks is described as a general discussion, but maybe you can consider that. higher up the page, mr. michel is e-mailing you and mrs. brooks, referring to the back from a spokesman close to mr. gable. i think the feedback we learn on page 39, 01680, at mr. michel has just spoken to his main adviser, neither date put forward to meeting with vince early january is likely to work since he's out of the country. so there's a possibility the meeting it to january, do you see that? >> i took a lot of the communicate should from the poli

also how that relationship evolved overtime, whether they strengthed, got cozier, that dinner of rebekah brooks point of contention yesterday at which point rupert was said to have discussed the takeover with the prime minister at the time. it will also be a time to ask him more of what he knew more about his take on the media industry as a whole. the inquiry ended yesterday asking james murdoch how he would police media, how if he were them seek to regulate industry. whether there should be a new body in place. james says he believes he would appoint an independent commission of source, both with members of the press and outside to be a self-regulating body. it will be interesting with rupert's experience in the industry what he expected. of course, this has been five months ofmont collecting it. no doubt those will be primary documents that will come into focus as rupert takes the stand today. ross? >> thank you very much. that start has been delayed, so we'll keep our eyes on it. we'll go back to kayla. we've got umbrella maker doing particularly well here in the month of april, jackie. >> l

it's rebekah brooks 13 minutes later sending an e-mail to you and to mr. michel clear that rebekah brooks has spoken to either george osborne or his office the message is -- total bafflement and response. so you're also getting insight into what mr. osborne thinks about the issues letter, or to speak it may not have been the issues letter. remember there was a general bafflement at ofcom's view, because most people would assume it controlled sky already. >> mr. osborne's list of meetings prior to this, this conversation with mrs. brooks is described as a general discussion, but maybe you can consider that. higher up the page, mr. michel is e-mailing you and mrs. brooks, referring to the back from a spokesman close to mr. gable. i think the feedback we learn on page 39, 01680, at mr. michel has just spoken to his main adviser, neither date put forward to meeting with vince early january is likely to work since he's out of the country. so there's a possibility the meeting it to january, do you see that? >> i took a lot of the communicate should from the poli