HC Deb 16 February 1981 vol 999 cc2-3W
23. Mr. Norman Atkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he has yet received written assurances from Mr. Rupert Murdoch that Times Newspapers will conform to the terms announced to the House on 27 January.

Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for Trade, further to his statement of 27 January, Official Report, c. 787, if he is satisfied with the progress towards the entrenchment of the conditions he attached to his consent to Mr. Rupert Murdoch's proposed purchase of Times Newspapers.

Mr. Biffen

Yes. I have approved alterations to the articles of association of the two companies concerned, which I am satisfied meet the conditions I attached to my consent to transfer of the two newspapers.