Leveson Inquiry

Pete Wishart Excerpts

Wednesday 25th April 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hunt]

With respect, Lord Justice Leveson is reporting to me and the Home Secretary on the express wishes of the Prime Minister. The most important point is that what he reports is totally independent, and it is.

[Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP)]

Some 6,800 people are employed by BSkyB in Scotland. They will have been watching the events of the past 24 hours with increasing concern and alarm. What message has the Secretary of State got for them today?

[Mr Hunt]

We want to have a thriving media industry, and I believe that the great strength of our media industry in this country is that we have a strong BBC and strong competition to the BBC. Those employees play a good part in that, and we want to see all companies in this sector thrive.