Chris Bryant: Now is the time to take action on phone hacking

Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda, opens the phone hacking debate in the Commons:

"The whole of the political system in this country didn't take action. Now is our time to do so."

Chris Bryant on Rebekah Brooks, News International chief executive:

"I know News of the World are hanging Coulson out to dry on this, but surely the buck stops at the top and that's the chief executive.

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"God knows if it was a minister this was happening to she would be demanding their head on a plate."

Chris Bryant on the media:

"We live, we die by what they show. We have let the PCC delude us into thinking it is genuinely independent. We have let one man have far too great a sway over our national life. At least Berlusconi lives in Italy. Murdoch doesn't even pay tax here. America, the home of the aggressive entrepeneur doesn't allow it. We shouldn't."