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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 December 2025
Debate
Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No. 2) Regulations 2025Contribution
Protecting the principle of a free press while ensuring its financial sustainability is not easy, but it is vital. Democracy does not require our news organisations just to be editorially independent; it needs them to survive. The path to this legal framework that prevents foreign powers owning, controlling or influencing our news industry has been longer than it should have been, but I am pleased that the final piece will soon be in place.
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