PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Newcastle United FC: Takeovers (30 December 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish all relevant correspondence between her Department and the Premier League relating to the proposed takeover of Newcastle United; whether her Department are involved in the arbitration proceedings on that matter; and whether a date has been set for arbitration in that matter.

Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)

Regarding the publishing of correspondence, I refer my hon. Friend for North West Durham to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central on 13 November 2020, UIN: 113092.

The Department for International Trade has not had any involvement in any related arbitration proceedings. The proposed takeover has always been a commercial matter for the parties concerned.

Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
15 January 2021