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1151474

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date	22/10/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Members: Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many MPs have contacted the House authorities about anonymous abuse or threats on Twitter in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	3697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Security Department regularly provides advice to Members and their staff on social media security, but we do not collate data on these interactions. For security and privacy reasons, the discussions held between Members and the House authorities relating to threats and abuse are not publicly available. Threats and abuse received by Members should always be reported to the police.</p><p>The Member is invited to contact the Director of Security for Parliament directly if he wishes to discuss this matter further.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/10/2019 18:42:38 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1151475

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Members: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff Parliament has employed to deal with social media companies in respect of abuse or threats directed at Members of Parliament in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	3698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Prior to June 2017 no staff were directly employed to deal with social media companies in respect of abuse or threats directed at Members of Parliament.</p><p>From June 2017 to May 2019, one member of staff was directly employed in this line of work.</p><p>From June 2019 to date, two members of staff have been directly employed in this line of work.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/10/2019 18:56:51 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1151476

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Members: Twitter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of Twitter's response to complaints by House authorities about abuse or threats directed at Members of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	3699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Parliament has established a reasonable relationship with the main social media companies, including Twitter. We continually monitor the effectiveness of our work as we regularly raise abusive content directly with the company on behalf of Members.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/10/2019 18:50:03 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1151052

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many male toilets there are in the Palace of Westminster; and how many male toilets have disposal bins suitable for the disposal of stoma and continence and personal care products.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	2851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>There are 57 male toilets in the Palace of Westminster. Currently only one male toilet - in the House of Lords ground floor cloakroom - has a disposal bin; however the bins are generally only provided if requested. We have not to date received any requests for bins of the sort specified, but would be happy to respond if made aware of any demand.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/10/2019 19:04:19 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper