Amendment to clause 1 negatived on division (6 votes to 10). Clause 1 agreed to. Clause 2 under consideration when the Committee adjourned.

Amendment to clause 1 negatived on division (6 votes to 10). Clause 1 agreed to. Clause 2 under consideration when the Committee adjourned.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Alok Sharma) has today made the following statement:

Today, the Government will lay two separate pieces of secondary legislation to amend the Enterprise Act 2002. The first will allow the Government to intervene in qualifying mergers, including...

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Alok Sharma) has today made the following statement:

Today, the Government will lay two separate pieces of secondary legislation to amend the Enterprise Act 2002. The first will allow the Government to intervene in qualifying mergers, including...

Today, the Government will lay two separate pieces of secondary legislation to amend the Enterprise Act 2002. The first will allow the Government to intervene in qualifying mergers, including acquisitions, to maintain UK capability to combat and mitigate the impact of public health emergencies.

The second will lower the thresholds...

Today, the Government will lay two separate pieces of secondary legislation to amend the Enterprise Act 2002. The first will allow the Government to intervene in qualifying mergers, including acquisitions, to maintain UK capability to combat and mitigate the impact of public health emergencies.

The second will lower the thresholds...

I. Enterprise Act 2002: changes to the public interest grounds for intervention in merger cases. Guidance 2020. 13p. II. Enterprise Act 2002: changes to the turnover and share of supply tests for mergers. Guidance 2020. 39p.

I. Enterprise Act 2002: changes to the public interest grounds for intervention in merger cases. Guidance 2020. 13p. II. Enterprise Act 2002: changes to the turnover and share of supply tests for mergers. Guidance 2020. 39p.

On 25^th July 2019, the boards of Cobham PLC and a subsidiary of funds managed by Advent International, a US private equity firm, announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommend cash acquisition of Cobham for approximately £4 billion.

On 17^th September, following advice from relevant...

On 25^th July 2019, the boards of Cobham PLC and a subsidiary of funds managed by Advent International, a US private equity firm, announced that they had reached agreement on the terms of a recommend cash acquisition of Cobham for approximately £4 billion.

On 17^th September, following advice from relevant...

My Rt hon friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Andrea Leadsom) has today made the following statement:

On 25^th July 2019, the boards of Cobham PLC and a subsidiary of funds managed by Advent International, a US private equity firm, announced that they had reached...

My Rt hon friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Andrea Leadsom) has today made the following statement:

On 25^th July 2019, the boards of Cobham PLC and a subsidiary of funds managed by Advent International, a US private equity firm, announced that they had reached...

My Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Jeremy Wright) has made the following Written Statement:

Having taken over as the Secretary of State with responsibility for media public interest cases I have reviewed the process regarding the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox (21CF) and...

My Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Jeremy Wright) has made the following Written Statement:

Having taken over as the Secretary of State with responsibility for media public interest cases I have reviewed the process regarding the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox (21CF) and...

Having taken over as the Secretary of State with responsibility for media public interest cases I have reviewed the process regarding the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox (21CF) and Sky Plc (Sky). I am content that DCMS and the relevant parties have ensured a scrupulously clear, fair and transparent...

Having taken over as the Secretary of State with responsibility for media public interest cases I have reviewed the process regarding the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox (21CF) and Sky Plc (Sky). I am content that DCMS and the relevant parties have ensured a scrupulously clear, fair and transparent...

This WMS is to update the House on the process and timings regarding the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox (21CF) and Sky Plc (Sky).

On 5 June the previous Secretary of State made a statement to the House in which he set out his decision in relation to the proposed...

This WMS is to update the House on the process and timings regarding the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox (21CF) and Sky Plc (Sky).

On 5 June the previous Secretary of State made a statement to the House in which he set out his decision in relation to the proposed...

My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Rt Hon Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Statement:

On 5 June I made a statement to the House in which I set out my decision in relation to the proposed merger between 21^st Century Fox...

My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Rt Hon Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Statement:

On 5 June I made a statement to the House in which I set out my decision in relation to the proposed merger between 21^st Century Fox...

On 5 June I made a statement to the House in which I set out my decision in relation to the proposed merger between 21^st Century Fox and Sky.

I announced that having considered the CMA’s report, I agreed with their findings on the public interest grounds and their finding that...

On 5 June I made a statement to the House in which I set out my decision in relation to the proposed merger between 21^st Century Fox and Sky.

I announced that having considered the CMA’s report, I agreed with their findings on the public interest grounds and their finding that...

With permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement about the proposed merger between Comcast and Sky and the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky. In my quasi-judicial role I have considered the mergers separately, on their own merits, and wish to set out my decisions taken on...

With permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement about the proposed merger between Comcast and Sky and the proposed merger between 21st Century Fox and Sky. In my quasi-judicial role I have considered the mergers separately, on their own merits, and wish to set out my decisions taken on...

I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement, for which I had a little more time to read than usual;

I suspect that was a benefit of the usual delays caused by Heathrow airport. [Interruption.] I had to get that gag in.

This is a saga which...

I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement, for which I had a little more time to read than usual;

I suspect that was a benefit of the usual delays caused by Heathrow airport. [Interruption.] I had to get that gag in.

This is a saga which...

As I said in the statement, the analysis that I announced today and have put in the Libraries of the House follows a scrupulous process of scrutiny not just by me and Ofcom, but by the CMA. No matter how long debates over Heathrow took, I am sure that the...

As I said in the statement, the analysis that I announced today and have put in the Libraries of the House follows a scrupulous process of scrutiny not just by me and Ofcom, but by the CMA. No matter how long debates over Heathrow took, I am sure that the...

May I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and congratulate him and his predecessor on their handling of this matter? He will be aware that it is 16 months since the regulatory process got under way. Does he agree that it would be infinitely preferable if the future of Sky...

May I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement and congratulate him and his predecessor on their handling of this matter? He will be aware that it is 16 months since the regulatory process got under way. Does he agree that it would be infinitely preferable if the future of Sky...

Absolutely. My goal on the timeline is to consult within a fortnight. That consultation is required by law to take 15 days, which means that,

hopefully, within a month, I will be able to get undertakings in which I have full confidence and can then consult on and conclude this...

Absolutely. My goal on the timeline is to consult within a fortnight. That consultation is required by law to take 15 days, which means that,

hopefully, within a month, I will be able to get undertakings in which I have full confidence and can then consult on and conclude this...