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HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIWe are looking at how we regulate online content alongside standard broadcasting and other media output. One outcome of the mid-term review is that some of the BBC’s online…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIAs I have said in answers to similar questions, we have powers to look into some of those investment and ownership questions, and they do not relate just to the media. We now have…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIAs the hon. Gentleman will be aware, a public notice has been issued on this matter. Ofcom will look expressly at accurate presentation of the news and free expression of opinion…30 Jan 2024HANSARDTelegraph Media Group: Proposed Sale to RedBird IMIAs my right hon. Friend will be aware, the decision-making process is not mine. I will not be the person to make a judgment call on this matter. The CMA and Ofcom have until 11…30 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationPerhaps at some point the hon. Lady might like to update us on the progress and success of the R100 programme and its impact on constituents. I thank the hon. Member for…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationMy hon. Friend highlights a challenge whereby some communities have not only bad broadband connection, but bad telephone connection. Sometimes one can substitute for the other:…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationIn Banff and Buchan particularly. I should like to say to my hon. Friend that there has been some progress. I know that he shares my frustration at the slowness of the Scottish…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. One of the challenges is trying to get that transparency and get data and information that goes beyond the anecdotal, to give us a…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationI assure the right hon. Gentleman that I have robust conversations with the mobile network operators. He should also bear in mind that we are asking quite a lot of them, and there…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Shared Rural Network ImplementationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dame Maria. I thank the hon. Member for North Shropshire (Helen Morgan) for securing this very important debate on the…24 Jan 2024HANSARD Heritage Assets: Uxbridge and South RuislipIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Gary. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Steve Tuckwell) for securing this debate. I…16 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC Current Affairs Coverage: ImpartialityThe BBC has a duty to deliver its impartial and accurate news and current affairs coverage under its royal charter. It is editorially independent, which means that editorial…11 Jan 2024HANSARDUK Musicians: European ToursUnlike the SNP, we actually listen to what people say in referenda, so I am afraid we will not be rejoining the EU and therefore we cannot have special tax privileges on that…11 Jan 2024HANSARDUK Musicians: European ToursI am still feeling slightly embarrassed by my answer to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon)! We have engaged with EU member states to clarify guidance and, where…11 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC Current Affairs Coverage: ImpartialityI simply wish to pay tribute to every journalist who puts their life on the line to bring truth to the public’s attention. They play an incredibly important role. We are proud of…11 Jan 2024HANSARDBBC Current Affairs Coverage: ImpartialityI thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is absolutely right: trust is the BBC’s currency. That is especially important in relation to its international coverage, particularly…11 Jan 2024HANSARDProtecting Heritage AssetsI have just been informed that my ministerial colleague had a very positive visit to the hon. Gentleman’s constituency—I am sure he always offers a good time in Northern Ireland.…11 Jan 2024HANSARDProtecting Heritage AssetsI was not aware of this outrageous oversight on paths and signage, so I will raise it with Lord Parkinson at the next opportunity.11 Jan 2024HANSARDProtecting Heritage AssetsI confess I am not sure about the issue my hon. Friend refers to, so I will do some investigation and we will see what the Department can do to facilitate his request.11 Jan 2024HANSARDGrassroots Music SupportMy right hon. Friend has made his point well, if not briefly. We agree about the importance of grassroots music, which is why we have given another £5 million to the supporting…11 Jan 2024