Parliament To Be Recalled Over Phone Hacking, David Cameron Says

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Prime Minister David Cameron has said parliament will sit for an extra day to consider Tuesday's select committee hearings into phone hacking and police corruption.

Speaking from Johannesburg in South Africa he said it would be "right" to make a statement to parliament on Wednesday and answer questions arising from the hearings.

"I think it may well be right for parliament to meet on Wednesday so I can make a further statement update the house on the final parts of this judicial inquiry and answer any questions that arise from what is being announced today and tomorrow," he said.

Responding to questions over supposed parallels between his hiring of Andy Coulson, former News of The World editor, and hiring of Neil Wallis, a former paper executive, by the Metropolitan police, he said: "The situation in the Metropolitan police service is quite different to the situation in government, not least as the issues that have emerged and the Met are looking at have a direct bearing on the police inquiry."

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