John Yates: Letter

I write in response to the article by Nicholas Watt and Afua Hirsch ( MPs to question Andy Coulson and police over News of the World hacking claims , September 8). I strongly object to the reference halfway through the article of Chris Bryant MP accusing me of giving a misleading account and stating in respect of part of my evidence to the home affairs select committee that "It was a fib." I am writing to Chris Bryant indicating that the relevant paragraph is both wrong and defamatory and asking him not to repeat it. John Yates Assistant commissioner specialist operations, Metropolitan Police Service