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942839

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 Board: 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, what interim arrangements are in place to ensure that the interests of Northern Ireland are fully represented on the BBC Board in the absence of Northern Ireland executive.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	164897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The BBC Board has implemented interim arrangements to ensure that Northern Ireland interests are fully represented. This includes the Chairman acting as a member of the Northern Ireland sub-committee and feeding these views into the main board. Elan Closs Stephens, the BBC non-executive director for Wales, is also a member of the Committee which is chaired by Board member Ken MacQuarrie, the Director of Nations and Regions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/07/2018 15:53:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

931531

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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 Trust: 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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the BBC Trust contains a member from Northern Ireland in accordance with the Royal Charter.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	157673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>In April 2017 the BBC Trust was replaced by a new unitary BBC Board. Under the Charter, no appointment can be made for the Board member for Northern Ireland without the agreement of the Executive Committee. Interim arrangements are in place to ensure that the interests of Northern Ireland are fully represented.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/07/2018 13:02:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

896249

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Arts: 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, what plans he has to visit Northern Ireland to meet with representatives of the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	140617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has no current plans to visit Northern Ireland. However he is constantly reviewing his regional visits programme.</p><p> </p><p>Creative industries policy is a devolved matter. Members of the Devolved Administrations attend meetings of the Creative Industries Council, which the Secretary of State co-Chairs.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with Northern Ireland on creative industries policy through DCMS’s participation in the British-Irish Council creative industries workstream.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

890427

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Fascism: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has taken steps to deter the display or sale of Nazi memorabilia on social media marketplace platforms; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	137486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Internet Safety Strategy, behaviour which is unacceptable offline is unacceptable online. Therefore, where the sale of memorabilia supports harmful views or could encourage hate crime, we expect social media companies to have robust processes in place to remove this content.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2018 13:08:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

886260

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
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	5G: Cybersecurity
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 discussion he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on cyber security risks relating to 5G mobile networks.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	136455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>5G will introduce technologies which operate and communicate in innovative ways that have not been deployed at scale before, but which are anticipated ​to​ ​become​ ​commonplace​ ​in​ ​the​ ​next​ ​decade. Security is an important aspect of any new technology, not least digital connectivity.</p><p>The Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy (2016-2021) sets out ambitious policies to protect the UK in cyberspace, backed with £1.9 billion investment. The UK remains fully engaged with our EU counterparts, and we have been discussing the security aspects of the European Electronic Communications Code with member states. The DCMS 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme will also include £10 million to create capabilities where the security of 5G Networks can be tested and proven, working with the National Cyber Security Centre.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/04/2018 10:17:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

852629

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Broadband: 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, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland authorities on the roll-out of superfast and ultrafast broadband in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	130625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Superfast broadband is now available to over 86% of homes and businesses in Northern Ireland. The current publicly-funded superfast broadband roll-out project in Northern Ireland is due to complete this month and will have provided coverage to 41,000 premises. The UK government funding for this project was £7.054 million. Given the scale of the challenge in delivering broadband coverage in Northern Ireland, the UK government allocated a further £150 million for ultrafast broadband in Northern Ireland in the June 2017 funding agreement for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The government has regular discussions with the Northern Ireland authorities on both the delivery of the current project and proposals for taking forward new funding.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2018 12:58:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn