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747150

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Election Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the findings of Oxford University Internet Institute's Computational Propaganda Research Project into voter manipulation, what steps he is taking to ensure that elections are not influenced by botnets spreading fake news.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	2300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre is actively working with local authorities and will continue to work with Cabinet Office to implement successful delivery of secure elections. Our manifesto included various commitments regarding the media, including the need to protect the reliability and objectivity of information essential to our democracy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/07/2017 15:25:50 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

746776

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he plans to introduce legislation to regulate spending by political parties on online advertising.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Legislation is already in place to regulate spending by political parties on online advertising. The Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 regulates certain spending by political parties in the period running up to major elections. This includes spending on advertising both online and offline.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/07/2017 10:27:03 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

732704

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Political Parties: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Electoral Commission's powers to regulate online political campaign advertising.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering its response to both the Electoral Commission report on campaign spending and to the Lord Hodgson Review into third party campaigning.</p><p> </p><p>Online political campaign advertising is regulated by the Political Parties, Election and Referendums Act 2000, in the same way as offline political campaign advertising.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/07/2017 15:29:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

715551

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to encourage the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments to diversify its membership beyond the current required senior (a) military, (b) diplomatic and (c) business experience.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	70000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring we have the very best people appointed to our public bodies and that the boards of public bodies reflect society as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage applications from candidates with a diverse range of skills and backgrounds and have recently made a number of improvements to the appointments process, which are aimed at making public appointments accessible to the widest possible group of people.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/04/2017 10:12:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

675432

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Drugs and Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people died from the effects of (a) tobacco, (b) alcohol and (c) cannabis in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	60737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/02/2017 07:47:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ60737 V.02. docx.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Alcohol / Tobacco Deaths
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

626506

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2016 to Question 49982, which Minister will exercise the prerogative to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functions of the EU on behalf of the sovereign.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	51394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is clear that she will trigger Article 50 no later than the end of March next year.</p><p>The government is disappointed by Thursday's High Court judgement, but we have no intention of letting this change our timetable for triggering Article 50. We will appeal this judgement.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/11/2016 15:09:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 18840 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

620840

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Royal Prerogative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will provide guidance to Government departments on the Government's current definition of the prerogative power.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	50060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the Cabinet Manual, departmental civil servants provide advice to ministers on the extent of their powers. There are no plans to issue guidance from the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/11/2016 08:55:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

619825

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Queen's Constitutional prerogative, the legal prerogatives or prerogative executive powers will be used when triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functions of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	49982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Triggering Article 50 falls under the prerogative executive power, the powers exercised on behalf of the sovereign by ministers. Triggering Article 50 is something for the Government to get on with. Parliament had its say in legislating for the Referendum, which it did in both Houses, and with cross-party support by a margin of 6 to 1. Parliament was clear it was for the people to decide whether to remain in the EU or leave it. The people have spoken, and it is now down to the Government to act on their orders.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/11/2016 08:53:54 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

619831

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Royal Prerogative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a decision to use the Royal Prerogative to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU will be subject to judicial review.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	50009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>There are now legal proceedings underway and it would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further on these at this time.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 31/10/2016 10:13:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

619834

registered interest
date	24/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Royal Prerogative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a definitive list of prerogative powers currently exercisable by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	50030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Prerogative powers have changed over time with legislation clarifying the limit and extent as well as in some cases the existence of the prerogative, and as such there is no definitive list. The Cabinet Manual sets out that the bulk of prerogative powers are exercised by Ministers on behalf of the Sovereign which include powers in relation to foreign affairs, to deploy the Armed Forces and to grant mercy.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 27/10/2016 12:45:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn