Business of the House

Debate between Jacob Rees-Mogg and Stuart C McDonald

Thursday 3rd October 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Rees-Mogg]

I would be tempted to fill all this House’s time with debates on local and national history. We could spend hours debating the glories of our wonderful nation, but such a specific example may be more suited to a request for an Adjournment debate.

[Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) (SNP)]

As a consequence of new localness guidelines for commercial radio, hundreds of jobs have been lost, studios closed, and listeners are not getting the local news content that they want and need. Can we have a debate in Government time about the importance of local commercial radio, including news coverage, and how best to allow it to thrive?

[Mr Rees-Mogg]

The issue with things that are commercial is that they are commercial, and they will do well if what they provide commercially is successful.