Sky News logo is visible on the screens of television in an electrical store in Edinburgh, March 3, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/David MoirLONDON | Sun July 10, 2011 7: 14 am EDT
London (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron came under increasing pressure on Sunday to stop Rupert Murdoch's bid for the pay-TV operator BSkyB, at least until that an investigation into the hacking of telephone to newspapers of the media mogul has been completed.
Opposition leader Ed Miliband said that it require the issue to a parliamentary vote this week if Cameron did not.
"It must make clear that BSkyB could not move forward until that the investigation is complete," says Miliband programme Andrew Marr BBC.
"I hope that it changes its position on the issue." I don't want to have to force a vote. »
Pressure had too many members of the Government, the Liberal Democrats coalition junior partner, who are traditionally less cozy relationship with Murdoch.
Liberal leader Simon Hughes said he would be willing to back to work for the agreement is reserved and urged others to do the same - LibDems staged for a major test of the unity of the coalition.
Murdoch News Corp. (NWSA).(O), more great conglomerate of news of the world, made a 14 billion for 61 percent of the profitable pay-TV operator BSkyB (BSY.)(L) that it has not already.
Murdoch flew in London Sunday to try to save the agreement after a phone-hacking scandal has caused a public outcry and forced to close the news of the world, the first British book, he bought in 1969.
Cameron ordered an investigation by the judge on the allegations of telephone hacking but has resisted so far calls late attempt to Murdoch to buy back BSkyB.
Transport Secretary Philip Hammond said he understood the concerns of the public in the expansion of the Murdoch empire, but the Government had to operate within the law.
"The Government cannot simply change the rules mid-term." If we did we would probably taken to the Court and we would probably lose, "he told Sky News."
Previously, those who seek to know if the Murdoch should obtain the green light focused on the question of whether it gives him too much power on the media in Britain. News Corp also owns two dailies and another Sunday paper.
But the allegations of telephone hacking prompted the UK media regulator Ofcom said that it will examine if News Corp directors are "just and appropriate" people to run BSkyB.
BSkyB shares lose more than 7 percent Friday on the growing doubts that the agreement would go through.
(Statement by Christina Fincher, editing by Tim Pearce)
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