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Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 October 2025

Debate

Telegraph Media Group: Ownership

Contribution

My Lords, we know from the witness statements released overnight that the Deputy National Security Adviser considers that China “presents the biggest state-based threat to the UK’s economic security”, but also that the present Government are “committed to pursuing a positive economic relationship” with it. Given that, and not in relation to the case under consideration but in general terms, can the Minister tell us what sort of percentage stake in a British newspaper the Government would be comfortable with a Chinese state investor obtaining?

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