M

Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 July 2025

Debate

Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025

Contribution

Some of that capital will need to—indeed, must—come from global investment funds. It is simply not all going to come from UK markets. If it was going to materialise, it would have done so. Competition law in the UK has to recognise that reality. Publishers can access global capital, including from sovereign Governments and wealth funds, and survive, or they can sit back and await their fate.

About Hansard

Hansard is the official verbatim record of proceedings in the UK Parliament. Every word spoken in the Commons and Lords is recorded and published — this page is a single contribution from that record.

Partner sites