Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:21 pm on 6 March 2017.
May I begin by declaring my inherited interest in this subject, but perhaps also jog the mind of Mr Watson on the half a million pounds he received from Mr Mosley, which may have some bearing on these matters? What I want to ask my right hon. Friend is whether she will be certain not to involve herself in this socialist witch hunt against Mr Murdoch and News Corporation/Fox News, which has done so much, both through newspaper publishing efficiency after Wapping and through the launch of Sky News, to increase plurality in the media in this country. This wonderfully successful company should not be persecuted because the left does not like it.