Culture, Media and Sport CommitteeLetter from the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee to Rebekah Brooks, former CEO, News International

During the Committee’s recent evidence session on 19 July 2011, you made a commitment to write to the Committee with further information as to how often you either spoke to or met the various Prime Ministers since you became Editor of News of the World, of The Sun, and Chief Executive of News International.

In your evidence, you stated that part of the main focus of your editorship of the News of the World was campaigning in support of “Sarah’s Law”. Given this, we would be grateful if you would state when you first became aware that the phone of Sara Payne and possibly that of DCI Martyn Underhill had been hacked, and state who was responsible.

For your convenience, I have attached the relevant page of the transcript.

Please send the response to the Committee’s secretariat using the contact details above. I would appreciate your response no later than 11 August.

29 July 2011