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Lord Shinkwin (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 22 July 2025

Debate

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

Contribution

My Lords, I have listened carefully to the remarks made, and I thank my noble friend Lord Forsyth of Drumlean and the noble Lord, Lord Fox, for making such a compelling case. If only this were about the survival of specific newspapers. However, as we have heard so clearly today, it is about the survival of the fundamental freedom of our media from government, as Fraser Nelson has argued so persuasively. It is the insidious nature of the threat contained in this statutory instrument that alarms me and that should, I believe, alarm us all. That is why I urge all Members of your Lordships’ House to support this fatal amendment.

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