HL Deb 17 July 1997 vol 581 c126WA
Lord Lucas

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they consider that BSkyB's participation as a long-term supplier of pay-television services to British Digital Broadcasting, in particular of sports programming, raises substantial competition concerns in the pay television network and conditional access markets.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Any such competition concerns would be considered by the Office of Fair Trading and by the regulators statutorily responsible for particular aspects of these markets: the Independent Television Commission; and OFTEL.