12/07/2011
All the news from Westminster as the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, refers News Corporation's takeover bid for BSkyB to the Competition Commission. With Sean Curran.
Sean Curran reports on the proceedings in the Commons and the Lords as the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, refers News Corporation's takeover bid for BSkyB to the Competition Commission.
The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, condemns the Prime Minister for not appearing in the Commons to make the announcement himself.
The Cabinet Office Minister, Oliver Letwin, defends plans to open up public services to private providers. He says they are "comprehensive, consistent, coherent". Labour says the proposals contain nothing new.
In the Lords, peers demand a change of the rules of engagement for British troops in Afghanistan.