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I, SIMON HUGHES of the House of Commons, London, SWIA 0AA, WILL SAY
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1. I make this statement to assist the Inquiry in relation to Module 2 which deals with relationships between the press and the police and the conduct of each. The facts in this statement are from matters withh~ my own lmowlodgo. Whore I refer to matters not within ray Imowlodgo, I refer to the source of that lcnowlodgo, I
attach hereto as exhibit SH1 a bundle of relevant documents. The page references are to this bundle. 2. I am 60 years old, I am a Member of Parliament, and have boon since 1983 in the most northerly" seat in the London Borough of Southwark, originally called Sou~wark, Bormondsoy and now. called Bormondsoy arid Old Southwark, I was
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