Sky: 21st Century Fox Takeover Bid
Debate between Seema Malhotra and Karen Bradley(7 years, 11 months ago)
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Karen Bradley
I have a very specific role, which is set out in legislation. I will fulfil that role with the utmost integrity.
Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) (Lab/Co-op)
My constituents have also contacted me with their concerns about the bid, in particular the threat to the valued diversity of our press. Will the Secretary of State commit to addressing this point when she comes back to the House in the first week after the recess? Will she also confirm that if she has not yet read the 2012 Ofcom report on the conduct of James Murdoch she will have done so by the time we come back, and refer to its conclusions in her response?
Karen Bradley
I can assure the House that I will update the House as and when decisions are taken. I do understand that there is the utmost interest in this matter, but I have a quasi-judicial role and I cannot make any further comment at this stage.