Lord Lexden said the report had been "depicted as an endorsement of tainted evidence from journalists and the police" used at the trial of Mr Ward. He said: "That is the view of Mr Richard Davenport-Hines, author of the latest detailed account of the Profumo affair. There was collusion between the police and journalists 50 years ago on a scale that would make Lord Justice Leveson’s hair stand on end. Do we not need to see if we can get to the truth through the release of the Denning records?"