Update on Proposed Fox-Sky Merger Process Debate
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Update on Proposed Fox-Sky Merger Process
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Lord Keen of Elie
I am obliged to the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, for his observations. That message will be conveyed to the Secretary of State. I would add only this: no final decision has yet been made by the Secretary of State on broadcasting standards. We must bear that in mind.
Lord Inglewood (Con)
My Lords, will my noble and learned friend confirm that, with the facts as they are in front of this Secretary of State, it is not open to her—and would not be open to anybody else who might be Secretary of State—to have come to any different conclusion from the one that has been reached?
Lord Keen of Elie
The Secretary of State is exercising her independent judgment on the basis of the evidence placed before her.