United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 64906
Newspaper Press: Ownership
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3 July 2025
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11 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
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
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3 July 2025
Written question
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
Source: Commons
11 July 2025
Answer
The 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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-03/64906
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1819292
- uk · wq-1819292 · source updated 11 July 2025