§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how she will operate the public interest test in proposed commercial radio mergers. [161672]
§ Mr. SutcliffeI have been asked to reply.
Draft guidance on the operation of the public interest merger provisions relating to newspaper and other media mergers—including commercial radio—has been the subject of a public consultation which closed on 12 March 2004. We are currently analysing the responses and intend to publish our response by 16 April 2004.