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date	14/10/2019
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Twitter: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the Answer of 8 October to Question 294685 on Social Media: Harrassment, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on political debate and discussion of anonymous abuse and threats on Twitter.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to my previous response to his question 294685 on a similar subject. People on all sides of the political divide must be able to debate freely without being subject to personal threats and abuse. The Government recognises that rising levels of intimidation in public life can prevent talented people, particularly women and those from minority backgrounds, from standing for public office. I would be happy to meet the Hon. member to discuss any particular concerns he would like to raise with me on this issue.</p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 17/10/2019 08:18:42 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1148365

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date	04/10/2019
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Social Media: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment he has made of the effect on political debate and discussion of anonymous abuse and threats on social media.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	294685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Democracy is a cornerstone of British values and key to a healthy democracy is having respectful, vibrant and open debate. However, this freedom cannot be an excuse to cause harm or spread hatred and a line is crossed when disagreement mutates into intimidation, violence or abuse. The Government recognises that rising levels of intimidation in public life can stop talented people, particularly women and those from minority backgrounds, from standing for public office. In April this year, the Government published the Online Harms White Paper, which sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online.</p> answering member constituency North East Somerset answering member printed Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg question first answered 08/10/2019 16:02:42 answering member 4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley