Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 64906
Newspaper Press: Ownership
Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release of 15 May 2025 entitled Media law reforms to boost press sustainability and protect independence, whether a company (a) wholly owned by and (b) under the major
Answer
Stephanie PeacockThe new foreign state intervention (FSI) regime, set out in the Entreprise Act 2002, seeks to preserve the freedom of the press. It applies to all foreign powers that may seek to acquire control or influence a UK newspaper or news periodical and will be a...
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