"Before my noble friend leaves the point, would she just pick up on what the noble Lord, Lord Fox, said? She just described the plight of the Daily Telegraph and other newspapers, basically saying they are struggling to be viable. So why would a foreign Government pay a premium price …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"As always, my noble friend makes an excellent point, but it takes me slightly off the subject. I am kind of arguing that these procedural arguments are trounced by the fact that what is being done here is that primary legislation is in effect being amended by secondary legislation—to which, …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, I always pay careful attention to the advice given to me by my Chief Whip. The advice—which I am not sure I am allowed to reveal—is that we should not support this amendment on the grounds that we do not vote for fatal Motions. I was very impressed …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"Is the Minister seriously arguing that the survival of our newspapers, both national and local, depends on changing the law, as she is doing, to allow foreign Governments to have ownership of them?..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"The Minister has just made an absolute commitment that “Foreign Governments will not be allowed”. That is what I understood her to say, so why does she not incorporate that in the regulations?..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"If that is what she thinks the regulations already say, she will not have a problem with making it explicit...." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"Is it not that there is a difference between 5% being held by a foreign government and 5% being held by a national wealth fund or something of that kind?..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"My Lords, the Minister is absolutely right about the problems for local authorities, which are spending some three-quarters of their budgets on social care, with the result that core services are being cut. She said that there is no consensus on this matter, but the House of Lords Economic Affairs …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"I do not think any of us are concerned about sovereign wealth funds; we are concerned about Governments. As far as I know, the United States Government do not have any interest—hopefully—in any of the social media organisations the noble Lord is referring to...." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech
"I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Watts. For once I find myself in complete agreement with him. Is he not right in saying that we should be tackling the causes not the symptoms, and that the causes lie with food manufacturers, which deliberately produce products that are addictive and processed, …..." Lord Forsyth of Drumlean - View Speech