An internal investigation into phone hacking was still be conducted, he said.

He also alleged that phone hacking took place at some of the Mirror's sister publications.

He goes on to urge prosecution for those companies and individuals guilty of phone hacking who are still "walking the streets".

Pressure is increasing for a probe into whether phone hacking took place in the US.

From 2006, allegations of phone hacking began to engulf the newspaper.

He says that phone hacking did not cause the riots, or the banking crisis.

"All this stuff about phone hacking is ridiculous," he said.

It's a reminder that phone hacking is just one of the issues facing this inquiry.

I know phone hacking is a better cause, but this is absolutely ridiculous!

I would hope that if phone hacking were going on it would have come to my attention.