Public Confidence in the Media and Police

Part of Business without Debate – in the House of Commons at 2:18 pm on 20 July 2011.

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Photo of Ed Miliband Ed Miliband Leader of HM Official Opposition, Leader of the Labour Party 2:18, 20 July 2011

Will hon. Members give me a moment?

The former Home Secretary, my right hon. Friend Alan Johnson, who might talk about this in the debate, did seek to reopen the inquiries both with the police and the Independent Police Complaints Commission, but that did not happen. No one in the House can say that we should not have spoken out earlier.