North Somerset MP Doctor Liam Fox has confirmed he's been told he was a victim of phone hacking.

The former Defence Secretary says in a statement that he was visited by officers from Scotland Yard as part of Operation Weeting, launched after the scandal involving the now-defunct News of the World.

The Metropolitan Police say they found Doctor Fox's personal details in notebooks seized from private detective Glenn Mulcaire, and say the attempts were made to access his voicemail in 2001, 2002 and 2006.