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1469121

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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: Overseas Visitors
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 she is taking to (a) encourage and (b) enable artists from the cultural sector to (i) come to and (ii) perform in the UK.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	15295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK attracts world class artists, entertainers and musicians and we will continue to do so as the travel and entertainment sectors open up post-pandemic.</p><p>My department regularly engages with representatives from across the UK cultural sector to ensure we have an ongoing picture of mobility and migration needs. We use this evidence to work with the Home Office so we can continue to provide the best welcome for international talent.</p><p>There are several routes of entry available to artists wanting to come to perform and work in the UK for a variety of durations and purposes.</p><p>Using the Standard Visitor route, international artists and cultural professionals may perform at events, make personal appearances, take part in competitions, promotional activities and auditions, for up to 6 months without the need for formal sponsorship or a work visa if they are not being paid beyond expenses or prize money.</p><p>Under the Visitor route, artists can also receive payment for appearances at permit free festivals for up to 6 months, or for up to one month for a specific engagement.</p><p>Artists, cultural professionals, and support staff who are being paid in the UK may also qualify for entry under the Temporary Worker - Creative Worker route, if they are sponsored by a UK entity licensed with UK Visas and Immigration for this purpose. Entry is for up to 12 months and the relevant rules also provide for accompanying dependents. Entry under the Temporary Worker - Creative Worker route is visa-free for non-visa nationals where entry is for no more than three months.</p><p>The Global Talent Visa also offers a route for the very best international talent to come to the UK.</p><p>Going forward, we will continue our close dialogue with the creative and cultural sectors to support access to international talent and ensure the UK’s creative and cultural content continues to be world leading.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 14/06/2022 08:44:59 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1469125

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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: EU Countries
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 her Department is taking to help allow UK creative artists to tour freely across the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	15365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting UK creative industries to adapt to new arrangements with the EU.</p><p>We are supporting the sector by clarifying arrangements on visas, movement of goods and haulage, including through bilateral engagement with Member States. We have taken steps to support specialist concert hauliers, and worked across government and with industry to develop guidance including ‘landing pages’ on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/touring-europe-checklists-for-the-arts-cultural-creative-and-heritage-sectors" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> specifically for touring musicians and other creative sectors.</p><p>We have clarified existing arrangements and established that:</p><ul><li><p>Nearly all Member States offer visa and work permit free routes for musicians and creative performers. This includes, following extensive engagement by the government and the creative sector, Spain and most recently Greece, who announced a visa and work permit free route in June 2022;</p></li><li><p>Portable musical instruments, carried or in a vehicle, can be transported cost-free and should not require ATA Carnets; and</p></li><li><p>Small ‘splitter vans’ are not subject to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement limits around ‘haulage for the creative sectors’ and ‘cross trade’. In addition, the Department for Transport is implementing dual registration to support specialist hauliers, meaning they can benefit from more generous market access and cabotage arrangements in GB and the EU.</p></li></ul><p>The Government raised touring with the European Commission at the first meeting of the UK-EU Partnership Council in June 2021. We continue to work with the few remaining Member States that do not allow any visa or permit free touring to encourage them to make touring easier.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 15366 question first answered 14/06/2022 08:36:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1469126

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
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: EU Countries
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 she has had with the EU Commission on access for UK creative artists.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	15366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting UK creative industries to adapt to new arrangements with the EU.</p><p>We are supporting the sector by clarifying arrangements on visas, movement of goods and haulage, including through bilateral engagement with Member States. We have taken steps to support specialist concert hauliers, and worked across government and with industry to develop guidance including ‘landing pages’ on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/touring-europe-checklists-for-the-arts-cultural-creative-and-heritage-sectors" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> specifically for touring musicians and other creative sectors.</p><p>We have clarified existing arrangements and established that:</p><ul><li><p>Nearly all Member States offer visa and work permit free routes for musicians and creative performers. This includes, following extensive engagement by the government and the creative sector, Spain and most recently Greece, who announced a visa and work permit free route in June 2022;</p></li><li><p>Portable musical instruments, carried or in a vehicle, can be transported cost-free and should not require ATA Carnets; and</p></li><li><p>Small ‘splitter vans’ are not subject to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement limits around ‘haulage for the creative sectors’ and ‘cross trade’. In addition, the Department for Transport is implementing dual registration to support specialist hauliers, meaning they can benefit from more generous market access and cabotage arrangements in GB and the EU.</p></li></ul><p>The Government raised touring with the European Commission at the first meeting of the UK-EU Partnership Council in June 2021. We continue to work with the few remaining Member States that do not allow any visa or permit free touring to encourage them to make touring easier.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez grouped question UIN 15365 question first answered 14/06/2022 08:36:17 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1468669

registered interest
date	08/06/2022
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	Hikvision: CCTV
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 she has asked the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate the security of the HIKVISION surveillance cameras; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	14486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not comment on the details of national security assessments.</p><p>As set out in the National Cyber Strategy this year, the government takes the security of all sectors of the economy, including consumers, seriously.</p><p>The Department is leading on a number of aspects in the National Cyber Strategy. We are taking forward legislation to protect consumers in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, and working with the National Cyber Security Centre to assist private and public sector users of connected devices, such as surveillance cameras, to operate in a safe and secure way.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 13/06/2022 12:03:35 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1468081

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	Gambling Act 2005 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, what progress her Department has made on the Gambling Act Review; and when she plans to publish the Gambling Review white paper.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	13827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Gambling Act Review is wide-ranging and aims to ensure that the regulation of gambling is fit for the digital age. We will publish a White paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2022 12:18:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1468150

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	World Heritage Sites
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 the committee assessing World Heritage Site bids will place equal value on the social, architectural and archaeological heritage of a location.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Independent Expert Panel assessing bids for the UK’s Tentative List will use criteria based on <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/" target="_blank">UNESCO’s criteria</a> for selection to the World Heritage List.</p><p>These require sites to be of outstanding universal value and meet at least one of ten criteria, which identify a wide range of values a location can demonstrate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/06/2022 11:58:10 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1468151

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	World Heritage Sites
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 will she ensure that places that are successful with their bid submission for the Tentative List for World Heritage Sites receive support to become a World Heritage Site.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Sites selected for the UK’s Tentative List will receive support from relevant Heritage Bodies to develop their bid and to pass a Technical Evaluation stage before submitting their nomination for the World Heritage List.</p><p>As part of the assessment process to be included in the UK’s Tentative List, sites must demonstrate they have sufficient support from stakeholders and sufficient funding for the future management of the site.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 13/06/2022 12:01:32 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1468248

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	Data Protection: Regulation
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 she had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice, prior to publication of that Department's proposals in the document entitled Human Rights Act Reform: a Modern Bill of Rights, on the potential risks to the adequacy agreement from proposals in that document relating to the human rights regime that affect the UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018, as identified by the Information Commissioner.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	13709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>As was set out in the Bill of Rights consultation, the UK remains fully committed to the international human rights treaties to which it is party.</p><p>The Bill of Rights will ensure those rights in the European Convention on Human Rights can be interpreted in the UK context, with respect for our legal traditions and the will of elected lawmakers.</p><p>The UK has two EU adequacy decisions, under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Law Enforcement Directive. As the European Commission itself has made clear, a third country is not required to have exactly the same rules as the EU in order to be considered adequate. Indeed, there are thirteen other countries which have EU adequacy, including Israel, Japan, New Zealand and Canada. All of these nations pursue independent and varied approaches to data protection and human rights.</p><p>The UK is firmly committed to maintaining high data protection standards and ensuring that rights and liberties are protected - this will not change. Our view is that reform of UK legislation on human rights is compatible with maintaining free flow of personal data from international partners.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 13/06/2022 12:06:42 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1468249

registered interest
date	07/06/2022
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	Data Protection: EU Law
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 her Department's consultation entitled Data: a new direction, for what reason that consultation did not assess the risk of not having an adequacy agreement relating to data transfers from the UK to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	13710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Data: a new direction consultation included an <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1016471/Data_Reform_Impact_Analysis_Paper.pdf" target="_blank">assessment</a> of the impact of a change in adequacy status with the EU arising as a result of proposed reforms.</p><p>The UK is firmly committed to maintaining high data protection standards - now and in the future. Protecting the privacy of individuals will continue to be a national priority. We will continue to operate a high-quality regime that promotes growth and innovation, and underpins the trustworthy use of data.</p><p>EU adequacy decisions do not require an ‘adequate’ country to have the same rules, and our view is that the proposed reform of UK legislation on personal data is compatible with maintaining free flow of personal data from Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/06/2022 14:28:26 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1467683

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
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	Data Protection: Public Opinion
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 her Department will take steps to ensure that reform to the UK’s data protection regime is aligned with public attitudes to data regulation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	13221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>In September 2021, the Government launched its consultation, “Data: A New Direction”.</p><p>This consultation ran for 10 weeks, closing on 19 November 2021 and received almost 3,000 responses. Responses were received from the Information Commissioner’s Office; organisations which represent a cross-section of the UK economy and society, and from overseas organisations.</p><p>During the consultation period, the Government engaged with a range of stakeholders, including over 40 roundtables with academia, tech and industry bodies, and consumer rights groups, providing a wide range of views.</p><p>The Government has carefully considered these responses and we will publish our response soon.</p><p>Furthermore, the CDEI recently <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-attitudes-to-data-and-ai-tracker-survey" target="_blank">published</a> the findings from the first wave of its tracker survey. This will be a vital resource in seeking to understand public attitudes towards data and AI, and the conditions needed to create a trustworthy environment for data use.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 09/06/2022 14:04:15 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones