Cameron, Osborne and Murdoch

Questions for Cameron

1. Did you ever talk to Rebekah Brooks about the prospect of employing Andy Coulson?

2. When did you personally first ask Mr Coulson if he knew about phone hacking?

3. Did anyone ask Mr Coulson whether he retained any financial interests in News Corporation and/or News International? If not, why not?

4. Were you at any point told about Mr Coulson's links to the private investigator Jonathan Rees, who was facing charges for conspiracy to murder?

5. What conversations did you have with George Osborne about Mr Coulson's past and about who would check on it?

6. Why did your office deny to the Mail on Sunday in 2011 that you had ridden a horse belonging to Rebekah Brooks, when it later transpired that you had?

7. How often did you see Mrs Brooks socially?

8. You have repeatedly said that you had "no inappropriate conversations" with Mrs Brooks or James Murdoch about the BSkyB bid – but what conversations did you have?

9. Why did you pass the BSkyB decision to Jeremy Hunt when Mr Hunt had written a memo to you in support of the bid?

10. Given that there is evidence that Mr Hunt may have misled Parliament, and given that the ministerial code says that ministers should take responsibility for special advisers, why have you not referred Mr Hunt to your adviser on the ministerial code?

Questions for Osborne

1. Did you discuss with Rebekah Brooks the appointment of Andy Coulson as director of communications for the Conservative Party?

2. Did you ask Mr Coulson if he knew about phone hacking before he was hired to work for the Conservative Party in 2007?

3. In 2009, when there were fresh disclosures about phone hacking, did you ask Mr Coulson what he knew about this?

4. Were you ever made aware that Mr Coulson had links to the private investigator Jonathan Rees?

5. Before the 2010 general election, did you tell Jeremy Hunt to do everything possible to get onside with James Murdoch?

6. Did you discuss the BSkyB bid with Mrs Brooks when she spent the weekend at your official residence, Dorneywood, in autumn 2010?

7. At any other time in discussions with Mrs Brooks and James Murdoch, did you give them cause to think the Government would be supportive of the BSkyB bid?

8. Did you suggest to David Cameron in December 2010 that the BSkyB bid decision should be passed to Jeremy Hunt?

9. Can you expand on what you meant when you texted Mr Hunt: "I hope you like our solution", indicating that he was being put in charge of the BSkyB decision?

10. Given that there is evidence Mr Hunt may have misled Parliament, and the ministerial code says ministers should take responsibility for special advisers, do you think Mr Hunt should be referred to No 10's adviser on the ministerial code?

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