Commons committee wants more information from law firm on phone hacking scandal
Law firm Harbottle & Lewis has been asked by MPs for precise information about its 2007 investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World.
According to a report by the BBC, the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has requested that the firm reveal its "exact remit" in working for News International.
Last week Harbottle & Lewis announced that News International had freed it of its client confidentiality duties and that it would be free to answer questions by investigators into the phone hacking that took place at the News of the World as well as questions surrounding payments to police officers.
The legal firm had examined a large number of internal emails from the accounts of six News of the World employees, and wrote to News International to claim that no new evidence had come to light to suggest that it the practice was undertaken by any more than one 'rogue' employee.
The BBC has also claimed that Chancellor George Osborne has added his regret over the appointment former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as the Conservative’s communications director.