Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025

Lord Ashton of Hyde Excerpts

Monday 17th March 2025 Grand Committee

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Ashton of Hyde) (Non-Afl)]

My Lords, we will resume. By popular request, the noble Lord, Lord Fox, is going to quickly repeat what he said as we adjourned for a Division in the House.

[Lord Fox (LD)]

Lest you forget, my Lords. The rest of the Minister’s response to the question from the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, was:

“Ministers recognise the high importance of foreign states not being allowed to influence the policy of UK newspapers, but there should be a balance to encourage investment into the press sector. Therefore, we are carefully considering a response to the consultation. We hope to publish a response very soon and lay the SI shortly after that”.—[Official Report, 5/3/25; col. 251.]


We need to be reassured that this will not see a watering down of the intentions of the original Act.