Sky/21st Century Fox: Proposed Merger Debate

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Sky/21st Century Fox: Proposed Merger

Margaret Ferrier Excerpts
Monday 6th March 2017

(7 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Karen Bradley Portrait Karen Bradley
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Let me repeat that the public consultation, which was closed in January, is now subject to judicial review and therefore I cannot comment further on that matter.

Margaret Ferrier Portrait Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (SNP)
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As I mentioned during the urgent question on 20 January, a “substantial number” of my constituents have contacted me to voice their concerns over this proposed merger, particularly with regard to media plurality. Does the Secretary of State agree with them, and indeed with the previous Prime Minister, that we should not let any one media group get too powerful?