Telegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMI Debate
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(6 months, 4 weeks ago)
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I thank my right hon. Friend for making that simple point. It is one that I am sure will be considered once this case has passed.
Were a media outlet in an authoritarian state, or indeed any other state, to be threatened with foreign ownership, would the Minister responsible be as scrupulous in her answers as my hon. Friend has so properly been with us today?