Luciana Berger
Main Page: Luciana Berger (Liberal Democrat - Liverpool, Wavertree)
Mr Prisk
I am always keen to accelerate matters, but it is worth putting it on the record that in the past 12 months this Department alone has been able to scrap regulations that would have cost business £430 million every year. It is a good start, but, yes, we want to move forward.
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (Lab/Co-op)
T5. In January, at a cost of £300,000, the Prime Minister stripped the Business Secretary of his responsibility for media competition and policy issues after he declared war on Rupert Murdoch. Given yesterday’s announcement by News Corp that it is dropping the bid for BSkyB, does he expect to have those powers transferred back to him at BIS?
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable)
I do not know the answer to that question, but I am delighted to discover that the whole of Britain and the House of Commons now agrees with me.