Witness Statements and Hearing Transcripts:
14 June 2012:
Addendum to evidence of Lord O’Donnell Letter from Cabinet Office on vetting of officials | Paul Jenkins (taken as read) | David Cameron MP - Exhibit DC 1 - 2 - 3 - Letter dated 8 June from advisers to NI providing Re: text messages between RB and DC - Relevant text message exchanged between RB and DC provided by NI pursuant to letter dated 8 June | Transcripts: Morning Hearing 14 June 2012 | Afternoon Hearing 14 June 2012 |
Other witness statements: module 3 | module 2 | module 1 |
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David Cameron at the Leveson inquiry
• Self-regulation ‘not working’; statutory intervention worrying
• ’I can’t recall reading Hunt memo supporting BSkyB bid’
• Cannot recall asking Coulson for assurances after NYT story
• Says Coulson was ‘clearly a controversial appointment’
• ’No independent verificiation of Coulson’s assurances’
• Brooks text to Cameron: professionally we’re in this together
• ’No overt or covert deal with newspapers’
• ’Inquiry is a cathartic moment for press and politicians’
• ‘Politicans and the press have grown ‘too close’
• ‘I don’t think the regulatory system … works’