Written questions

Newspaper Press: Ownership

Commons · Question 65931 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 16 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of foreign (a) company and (b) government ownership of British media on national security.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 16 Jul 2025

As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence issues.More generally, the Government is committed to a pluralistic media landscape, where citizens are able to access information from a range of sources in...