Context: In a 2007 meeting with the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, which was investigating media ownership and the news, Murdoch stated that the law and the independent board prevented him from exercising editorial control.

Question: In what year was the meeting of the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications that was investigating media ownership and the news?
Answer: 2007

Question: In the 2007 meeting with the government, Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Times, stated that the law and the independent board prevented him from doing what?
Answer: exercising editorial control

Question: What government committee was investigating Rupert Murdoch and The Times in 2007?
Answer: House of Lords Select Committee on Communications