Also at 10, the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee hears from BIS Minister Ed Davey about the regulation of pub companies.

BBC: Viewing guide: The pick of the week ahead in Parliament

Whatever happens to the hapless phone sleuths at the News of the World, few doubt that the pressure for tighter regulation wll grow: Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, is the latest to call for at least a review of press practices.

ECONOMIST: The courts will decide the price of ending the affair

It is Ed Miliband and not him who leads a coalition on press regulation of Labour, the Lib Dems and some Conservative MPs and peers too.

BBC: Press law - So why did he do it?

The Tories shot back that it had been the Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls who, as City Minister in the late 1990s, had boasted of light touch regulation and missed a chance to introduce tougher controls.

BBC: From profit to prosecution?

To be sure, the Coalition Agreement does not contain any commitments on press regulation - the hacking scandal only exploded later - but the sight of Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband in cahoots will still send chills down Tory spines, especially since they look likely to win the day.

BBC: Week ahead