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1037035

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the Departments for Transport and for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on merging into one Department.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	205842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is responsible for Machinery of Government changes. No such discussions have taken place and there are no plans for DCMS to merge with any other department.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 205843 question first answered 10/01/2019 11:23:41 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1037036

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Reorganisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made any plans to merge with another government department.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	205843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Prime Minister is responsible for Machinery of Government changes. No such discussions have taken place and there are no plans for DCMS to merge with any other department.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 205842 question first answered 10/01/2019 11:23:41 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1041285

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Sustainability of the Press Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to publish the Cairncross Review before 31 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	208215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>Dame Frances Cairncross will decide when the report is produced. We will publish the report as soon as possible thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 22/01/2019 16:38:58 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1047008

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates he plans to visit Northern Ireland in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	211681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2019 answer text <p>I am planning to visit Northern Ireland in March, subject to ministerial duties.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/02/2019 14:31:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1047112

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	News UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department’s invitation to comment on a request to accept undertakings in place of conditions relating News Corp UK and Ireland Limited’s acquisition of The Times and The Sunday Times newspapers in 1981 published on 19 January 2019, whether the proposals submitted to his Department seek to vary the existing condition of a criminal offence if the undertakings are breached as currently stated under section 62 of the Fair Trading Act 1973.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	211688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The pre-2003 newspaper merger regime, set out in the Fair Trading Act 1973 (FTA 1973), including the criminal offence in section 62 of the FTA 1973 for breaches of conditions, was repealed in 2003. The regime was replaced by the regime set out in the Enterprise Act 2002 which allows the Secretary of State to intervene in certain newspaper and media merger cases that raise public interest concerns.</p><p> </p><p>The Communications Act 2003 gives the Secretary of State powers to vary conditions by accepting new undertakings in place of the previous conditions. Where new undertakings are accepted, they are subject to the monitoring and enforcement provisions under the 2002 Enterprise Act in place of penalties under the FTA 1973. This enables the Secretary of State to make enforcement orders if they consider an undertaking has not been fulfilled, or will not be fulfilled.</p><p> </p><p>If an enforcement order is not complied with the Secretary of State or the Competition and Markets Authority can bring proceedings for an injunction. If a party did not comply with an injunction this would amount to contempt of court, which can be punished by a fine or imprisonment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 28/01/2019 19:11:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1050156

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Pinterest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) he (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have met representatives of Pinterest over the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	213274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Officials in my department have met with Pinterest previously to discuss the Internet Safety Strategy. We are extremely concerned by recent reports that algorithms are targeting young people with self-harm and suicide images and we intend to lay out our approach to tackling a range of online harms in a forthcoming White Paper. My Right Honourable friend, the Health and Social Care Secretary, has raised the government's concerns again this week in this area with a number of companies, including Pinterest, and I have instructed my officials to arrange a further meeting with Pinterest as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/01/2019 12:03:15 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1056749

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials from his Department have been seconded from their primary role to make preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	218152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text As part of the department’s preparations for the possibility of leaving the EU without a deal, over 110 officials have been seconded from their primary role to support EU Exit work. In addition, a significant number of officials have reprioritised their work to include EU Exit work whilst remaining in their primary roles.<p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/02/2019 09:56:21 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1057014

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lebedev Holdings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the identity of the new part-owner of the Evening Standard's parent company, Lebedev Holdings.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	218767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Neither I nor my Department has had any contact from Lebedev Holding Ltd or its representatives about the transaction. While the Secretary of State has powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in certain media mergers raising public interest concerns, there is no requirement under the Enterprise Act 2002 for parties to advise us of the transaction.</p><p>My officials will contact Lebedev Holdings Ltd about the transaction, and to obtain further information to determine whether there has been a change of control which would give rise to a merger falling within the jurisdiction of the 2002 Act. However, writing to the party does not necessarily indicate that any transaction raises any public interest concerns.</p><p>These decisions are always made in a quasi judicial capacity by the Secretary of State.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2019 17:59:05 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1057015

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC: Royal Charters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the names of the lead negotiators for the BBC during the last BBC charter renewal process.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	218768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The Chair of the former BBC Trust and the BBC Director-General were responsible for engaging with government during Charter Review 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/02/2019 17:46:14 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1059002

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Bradford South of 30 November 2018 requesting a meeting in relation to Channel 4 and Bradford.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	219474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>I congratulate the city of Leeds on being named as the location for Channel 4’s new National Headquarters. This will stimulate growth and creativity across the broader region, including Bradford, for years to come. The Department will respond formally to the letter from the Hon Member for Bradford South and other Members across the region shortly.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 22/02/2019 16:33:19 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins