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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with (a) the Guardian Media Group and (b) Tortoise Media on the proposed buyout of the Observer newspaper.

Asked by
Saqib Bhatti (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 January 2025
Reference
24264
House
House of Commons

That this House expresses serious concerns about the speed of the process and the substantive issues at stake in relation to the proposed sale of the Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media; considers that The Observer, first published in 1791, is a historical national institution known as a source of quality...

Primary sponsor
Rebecca Long Bailey (Independent (affiliation))
Type
Early day motions
Date
11 December 2024
Reference
546
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees
Committee
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Date
10 December 2024
Reference
HC 330 2024-26
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet Colleagues on the proposed sale of the Observer.

Asked by
Andrew Pakes (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
31 October 2024
Reference
10891
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect of allegations made against the campaigns (a) Vote Leave and (b) BeLeave by the (i) Electoral Commission and (ii) Observer on negotiations with the EU on the UK leaving...

Asked by
Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Exiting the European Union
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 July 2018
Reference
166049
House
House of Commons

What information they have received from the United Nations about the cost of the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in 2002; whether they will place copies of reports made by UNMOGIP to the Security Council in the Library of the House; and whether they will propose...

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 June 2003
Reference
HL 2819; 648 c142-3WA
House
House of Lords
Deposited by
Department of Health
Type
Deposited papers
Date
19 January 2000
Reference
DEP 02/383
House
House of Lords; House of Commons

Whether they will publish documents relevant to the death of haemophiliacs from hepatitis C after being given Factor 8, referred to in the Observer on 21 November; and if not, why not. [HL 69]. - Includes ref to a letter about manufacturing practice dated 2 May 1979 from Dr Richard...

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 January 2000
Reference
HL 69; 608 c105-6WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the health, safety and environmental standards observed at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, are satisfactory having regard to the report published in the Observer on 24 October. [HL 4389].

Asked by
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 November 1999
Reference
HL 4389; 606 c154WA
House
House of Lords

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 8th July, to the Right honourable Member for Richmond (Yorks), Official Report, 315 c1065-8 what factors led him to his conclusion that The Observer claimed to have a tape recording of a conversation with a member of his staff...

Asked by
Peter Bottomley (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 July 1998
Reference
316 c389W; 50533
House
House of Commons

To ask the Prime Minister, whether briefing on the article published in The Observer on 8th March concerning arms sales to Sierra Leone was requested by his staff. - No. (Holding answer 14 May 1998).

Asked by
John Stanley (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 May 1998
Reference
312 c313W; 42058
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what meetings were held between Government representatives and Sandline during the period of exile of President Kabbah of Sierra Leone; who was present at such meetings; where and when they were held; what was their purpose; and what was...

Asked by
Lord Howard of Lympne (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 May 1998
Reference
312 c359-60W; 41799;41970;41971;41963;41962;41810
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what action was taken by Ministers following publication of the article, Britain holds talks with hired killers, in The Observer on 8th March.

Asked by
John Stanley (Conservative)
Answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 1998
Reference
312 c43-5W; 41576
House
House of Commons

That this House is appalled by the Hugh Barnes article in The Observer Magazine on 7th November which described Waterfoot, in the constituency of Rossendale and Darwen, as 'a ramshackle town of wholly contemporary squalor', the much-loved Railway public house as 'out of date and drab' and referred to the...

Primary sponsor
Janet Anderson (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
18 November 1993
Reference
32
House
House of Commons

Statement on the proposed sale of The Observer. - Inc ref to 224 c599W & fact that given consent to the transfer of The Observer newspaper to Guardian Newspapers Ltd.

Asked by
Malcolm Moss (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 May 1993
Reference
225 c693W;225 c691W
House
House of Commons

Pursuant to 223 c560-1W, further information on the proposed sale of The Observer. - Includes ref to application to give consent without a Monopolies & Mergers Commission reference under section 58(3)(a) of the Fair Trading Act 1973 & inviting comments from interested parties by 21 May.

Asked by
Nigel Evans (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 May 1993
Reference
224 c599W
House
House of Commons

To comment on the proposed sale of The Observer. (Further information at 224 c599w)

Asked by
Nigel Evans (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 April 1993
Reference
223 c560-1W;223 c557W
House
House of Commons

That this House recognises the importance of The Observer continuing as a separate newspaper and would be opposed to it being sold to a newspaper group which already has a Sunday paper; and therefore believes the best course available in the public interest and to provide a diversity of views...

Primary sponsor
David Winnick (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
26 April 1993
Reference
1849; 1849A1
House
House of Commons

That this House deplores the disgraceful and disloyal conduct of Mr Donald Trelford, Editor of The Observer, in failing to help his freelance contributor, the Middle East specialist, Dr Alan George, to defend a libel action launched by Crescent Petroleum, a company which until the invasion of Kuwait had intimate...

Primary sponsor
Cyril Townsend (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
10 March 1993
Reference
1562
House
House of Commons
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence; Parliamentary committees
Committee
National Heritage Committee
Notes
Received 04.03.93
Date
2 February 1993
Reference
HC 294-ix 1992/93
House
House of Commons