Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson will face the culture select committee at the House of Commons tomorrow.

Perhaps MPs could ask him whether he was completely unaware that NotW journalists other than Clive Goodman were involved in illegal phone blagging activity. They could also ask him if the NotW had ever paid private investigators to hack into people’s voicemails or to obtain information illegally. Perhaps MPs could also ask Rebekah Wade, who will also be giving evidence, why News International paid off people to keep silent, while telling the world that only the royals had their phones hacked, and that too only by Goodman.

On Friday former Sun editor Rebekah Wade confirmed the out-of-court settlement with Gordon Taylor. It was the first time News International has admitted those allegations. Yesterday the Independent on Sunday reported that shadow chancellor George Osborne refused to repeat Coulson’s denial he knew of the pay-offs.

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