Question follow-through · 24264
The Observer: Buy Outs
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2025
Question tabled
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.
20 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
It would be inappropriate to comment on any live merger case. As is clear under the Enterprise Act, this is a quasi-judicial process for the DCMS Secretary of State alone to exercise the statutory powers based on the evidence and following the established...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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