House of Commons - News International and Phone-hacking - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Eleventh Report
News International and Phone-hacking

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 30 April 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

1 Introduction

Background: the Committee's work on phone-hacking

Parliamentary context

The wider context and other investigations into phone-hacking

Scope of the Committee's investigation

2 News International: cooperation with the Committee and other investigations

3 The Goodman and Mulcaire employment claims

Clive Goodman's dismissal

The Harbottle & Lewis investigation

The decision to settle Clive Goodman's claim

Amounts and authorisation

Legal fees

Clive Goodman's prospects for re-employment

Confidentiality

The settlement with Glenn Mulcaire

4 The Gordon Taylor and subsequent settlements

Timeline

The settlement amount

Confidentiality

The 'for Neville' email

The significance of the 'for Neville' email and the Silverleaf opinion

What James Murdoch knew in 2008

Further evidence received

Evidence from the Clifford and subsequent settlements

The corporate culture at News International

5 The hacking of Milly Dowler's telephone

6 The original investigation by the Metropolitan Police

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)

Contacting victims

7 Surveillance

8 Conclusions and next steps84

Annex 1: Who's who

Annex 2: Timeline of events

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of printed written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament