Telegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMI Debate

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Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Telegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMI

Desmond Swayne Excerpts
Tuesday 30th January 2024

(9 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Julia Lopez Portrait Julia Lopez
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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.

Desmond Swayne Portrait Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
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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?