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Business of the House

May we have a debate on the future of the Rhondda Leader, a very fine local weekly newspaper in which I happen to have a regular column? It has a rising circulation, but its problem is that it belongs to Trinity Mirror, which also happens to own nearly every newspaper in south Wales. Further to the point made by the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath), this is an important issue and we all enjoy a wide diversity of competitive and lively national newspapers. All too often, however, we see monopolistic practices in our local newspaper markets—practices that the Government, through the Competition Commission, should surely investigate.