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Murdoch’s Parliament Appearance- Live

Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks at Parliament

News Corp. CEO and Chairman Rupert Murdoch is appearing before a British Parliamentary committee to discuss the growing phone hacking scandal and charges of corruption and cover-up that has already led to the arrest of some high profile executives and the resignation of London’s top cops.

Rupert Murdoch was apparently hit in the face with a plate of shaving foam by a man shouting: "Greedy."

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Live- 18:15 GMT: Therese Coffey asks whether Mrs Brooks regrets any headlines she had published - Mrs Brooks say any editor in Fleet Street would have made some mistakes and she was no different. But having been in the spotlight herself, she says she would still defend the rights of a "free press".

Live- 17:49 GMT: Tory MP Therese Coffey withdraws a question about who might yet be charged with crimes

Live- 17:35 GMT: Mrs Brooks says any newsroom is "based on trust" - stories get published on trust and you rely on the people who work for you to behave "in a proper manner".

Live- 17:20 GMT: Mrs Brooks says she was editor of the Sun at the time and could say it was a "clean ship

Live- 17:15 GMT:Mrs Brooks stresses that News International is trying to put things right and says there should be a constant review of conduct and ethics of journalists

Live- 17:05 GMT:Brooks says "It does seem extraordinary" that Jonathan Rees was rehired by the News of the World after serving a jail sentence. She does not know who hired him. She says that News International's management committee have information on Rees and are looking into it

Live- 16:50 GMT: Brooks says that she had never heard the name Glenn Mulcaire until 2006. There were other investigators that she did know about, but she did not know about Mulcaire.

Live- 16:45 GMT:Rebekah Brooks has taken her seat - Chairman John Whittingdale begins the session and apologies forphone hacking 

Live- 16:29 GMT:Jane Martinson reports from the hearing: "He was sitting four rows back, calmly walked up with a plate of shaving foam - smacked it in Rupert's face - Wendi intervened."

Live- 16:27 GMT:Mrs Mensch says the actor Jude Law is alleging his phone was hacked on US soil. She asks about the families of 9/11 victims. Rupert Murdoch replies there is no evidence that their phones were hacked.

 Live- 16:14 GMT:The committee is re-opening. Nicola Blackwood thanks the Murdochs and says she is grateful that he is willing to continue. "My questions will be as tough as ever", she warns.

Live- 15:54 GMT:Rupert Murdoch appears to have been attacked by somebody in the public gallery

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The alleged perpetrator of the attempted foam pie attack on Rupert Murdoch being led away by police

Live- 15:50 GMT:Damian Collins asks if Rupert Murdoch has a "cultural problem" with advisers saying what he wants to hear. The media magnate says it is up to him to "see through" people trying to please him.

Live- 15:46 GMT: Conservative MP Damian Collins - the second from last MP on the committee to have a go at questioning the Murdochs - asks if it is right that people in public life can expect total privacy. Rupert Murdoch's brief reply: "Nope."

 Live- 15:43 GMT: John Whittingdale says two more MPs are going to ask questions

Live- 15:39 GMT: Rupert Murdoch says that when the Daily Telegraph bought stolen documents on MPs' expenses it caused a huge outcry. He adds that Singapore is the cleanest society in the world, as every minister is paid at least one million dollars a year and has no temptation to transgress. "Good luck in selling that one," Damian Collins replies.

Live- 15:30 GMT: Mr Keen says Rupert Murdoch's desire to protect Rebekah Brooks was "admirable", but asks if he regrets that News International has become a "family organisation". The media mogul replies that his son went through a proper recruitment process.

Live- 15:26 GMT:The hearing was scheduled for about an hour. It's nearing the two-hour mark now

Live- 15:24 GMT:Asked why proceedings by Goodman and Mulcaire for unfair dismissal were settled, James Murdoch says it is important "not to stray" into allegations about individuals, given the police investigations under way.

Live- 15:21 GMT:James Murdoch says he does not know the "precise status" of whether the company is still contributing to Mr Mulcaire's legal fees.

Live- 15:18 GMT: Rupert Murdoch says he would "like to" stop all payments to Mr Mulcaire. Providing it is not in breach of a legal contract. He will ensure this happens, he adds.

Live- 15:15 GMT: Labour has responded to some of the earlier evidence given to the home affairs committee, Yvette Cooper says it is "astonishing" that the PM's chief of staff reportedly turned down an offer by Mr Yates to brief him on some aspects of the phone hacking case and advised Met chiefs not to brief the PM about the employment of Neil Wallis.

Live- 15:08 GMT:Ending the News of the World after 168 years was the "right choice", James Murdoch says, adding that News International is doing anything it can to find new employment for laid-off journalists.

Live- 15:06 GMT:Philip Davies takes the Murdochs to task over why the payment levels varied so greatly. James Murdoch suggests that the payments made reflected the damages that would have been awarded in court.

Live- 15:02 GMT:Rebekah Brooks's resignation was accepted after the second time she offered it, as she was in a "state of extreme anguish", Rupert Murdoch says.

Live- 14:59 GMT:The News of the World had a "contract with Max Clifford", says Rupert Murdoch. If so, that's new. Or has he misunderstood?

Live- 14:56 GMT:Tory MP Philip Davies asks if Clive Goodman and Glen Mulcaire received any payments after their conviction. James Murdoch says he was "very surprised" to find the company had helped with legal fees. He does not know who made the arrangements, he adds.

 Live- 14:50 GMT:Rupert Murdoch insists under questioning that the editor of the News of the World would not have informed him of the settlement payments in their regular chats.

Live- 14:48 GMT:As soon as News International had information suggesting a "wider involvement" in phone hacking in 2010, the company acted, James Murdoch says.

Live- 14:45 GMT:Rupert Murdoch says News International was never guilty of "wilful blindness" on phone hacking

Live- 14:43 GMT:Why did Tom Crone leave the company - he says he doesn't know? James Murdoch can't answer exactly

Live- 14:40 GMT:James Murdoch says there are no immediate plans to open a new Sunday tabloid – although "we leave all options open".

 Live- 14:38 GMT:Rupert Murdoch was quizzed by Therese Coffey over some of the offensive headlines on News International titles, such as The Sun's coverage of Hillsborough. He says the intention would not be to offend people. Discussion moves on to free press in general.

Live- 14:36 GMT:The sole Lib Dem on the committee - Adrian Sanders - asks about out-of-court settlements

Live- 14:31 GMT: The press industry needs to think about its ethics, James Murdoch says

Live- 14:29 GMT:The company's rules and code of conduct are promoted to all staff, James Murdoch says

Live- 14:27 GMT:News International could make out-of-court settlements without going to News Corp, James Murdoch says

Live- 14:25 GMT: For the full board of News Corp to be consulted on payments, the sum would have to be "in millions", James Murdoch tells the MPs.

"Live- 14:21 GMT: Do you accept you were responsible for the wrongdoing at the News of the World?" asks Jim Sheridan. "No," says Murdoch. Who was responsible? "The people who I employed, or maybe the people they employed", says Murdoch.

Live- 14:08 GMT: Rupert Murdoch says he was asked to go into the back door of Number 10 after the election, to avoid photographers he presumes. "That's the church of the Prime Minister," he says.

Live- 14:01 GMT:Rupert Murdoch is asked whether he was told of the DCMS conclusion that News Int execs had "collective amnesia". He laughs. Murdoch says they were really accusing them of lying

Live- 13:59 GMT: Rupert Murdoch has said he was never told that his son had authorised settlement payments

Live- 13:53 GMT: James Murdoch denies that Rebekah Brooks and Les Hinton knew about phone hacking when they resigne

Live- 13:46 GMT:Rupert Murdoch says the News of the World was less than 1% of his company. Tapping his desk to make his point, he says he employs people on trust to run his divisions.

Live- 13:43 GMT: Rupert Murdoch says "Yes" when asked by Labour's Tom Watson whether the company had a "zero tolerance" attitude to wrongdoing. He agrees that it was misled.

Live- 13:40 GMT: James Murdoch says he has no knowledge that Rebekah Brooks or Les hinton knew about phone hacking. Their resignations were accepted on that basis, he adds.

Live- 13:38 GMT: News International's provision of information that led in part to the re-opening of police investigations into hacking show the company's approach, James Murdoch tells the committee.

14.38 Live- 13:36 GMT: James Murdoch begins by saying how sorry they are to victims of illegal voicemail interceptions and their families. He says "these actions do not live up to the standards that our company aspires to".

Live- 13:34 GMT: The moment has arrived. Rupert and James Murdoch are in place for their session with the culture committee.