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date	17/02/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Speaker's Commission on Digital Democracy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has read the six recommendations in the WebRoots Democracy report, Democracy 2:0: Hitting refresh on the Digital Democracy Commission; and what plans he has to (a) reform political education in schools and colleges and (b) pilot the option of online voting in elections.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	64284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>I have read the six recommendations in The Institute for Digital Democracy’s report <em>‘</em><em>Democracy 2:0: Hitting refresh on the Digital Democracy Commission’.</em> The Government is committed to building a modern democracy that works for everyone, and I am visiting all nations and areas of the UK to hear how the government can promote political participation and voter registration. This includes listening to ways in which we can contribute to citizenship teaching in schools and colleges.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to e-voting, there are no plans to introduce this at this time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 22/02/2017 12:29:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

690296

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date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to respond to the letter of 15 November 2016 from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, resent on 6 January 2017, on a constituent's Freedom of Information request.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	64249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>A reply to your letter has been sent to you on 22 February 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/02/2017 16:11:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

690381

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date	17/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) detainees, (b) security guards and (c) independent witnesses were on board the deportation charter flight from Glasgow Airport to West Africa on 31 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	64255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>There was no flight from Glasgow to West Africa on 31 January 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/02/2017 17:44:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard