Sky/21st Century Fox: Proposed Merger

Chris Bryant Excerpts

Monday 6th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Karen Bradley]

I note my hon. Friend’s comments and will bear them in mind when making my decisions.

[Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)]

The thing is, we already know that under James and Rupert Murdoch’s leadership, the companies they controlled bribed and bullied their way around British politics. They poisoned the well of British political engagement, used anti-competitive practices at every possible turn to try to destroy competitors, and made it impossible for media diversity to flourish in this country. Why on earth would anybody think that they were fit and proper people to take over now? Their only excuse, when they lied their way through their evidence to Parliament, was that their company was far too big for them possibly to know what was going on in some small outpost in the United Kingdom. That does not suggest that they would be any good at running things now, does it?

[Karen Bradley]

The hon. Gentleman has put his views on these matters on the record on several occasions. I am sure his points will have been heard.