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Mr Hayman later went on to become a columnist with the News International title The Times but rejected suggestions that he was in the newspaper group's "back pocket".
He told the committee: "Even if I had that motive or other motives that have been suggested, I had no ability to change the direction of that at all."
Mr Hayman also confirmed he had private dinners with representatives of the News of the World during the phone hacking inquiry, but said they had always been "businesslike" and were in the presence of the Met's head of communications.
Former Met assistant commissioner, now working for News International