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228473

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	ICT: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what contribution his Department plans to make to the EU consultation on the Digital Single Market.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	228398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the reply I gave to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227250/" target="_blank">227250</a>. The UK Government set out its policy in a paper published in January and is available at <a href="http://engage.number10.gov.uk/digital-single-market/" target="_blank">http://engage.number10.gov.uk/digital-single-market/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2015 15:30:30 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

228508

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to support internet service providers and ensure they remain a facilitator for the online industry.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	228399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government's broadband initiatives to expand broadband coverage in rural areas and improve business connectivity in cities provides opportunities for internet service providers to compete and the market to grow.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2015 13:44:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

228512

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet Service Providers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department has received from internet service providers on safe harbour provisions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	228459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not received any representations from internet service providers on the exemption from liabilities (&quot;safe harbour&quot;) provisions contained within the eCommerce Directive. Some rights holders have expressed concern that the exemption from liabilities provisions are no longer necessary in their current form. The UK government recently published its vision for the future of the digital economy in the EU, and we will continue to seek the views of all stakeholders in developing our policy in this area.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 228460 question first answered 24/03/2015 13:40:17 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

228513

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet Service Providers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations his Department has received from rights holders on safe harbour provisions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	228460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not received any representations from internet service providers on the exemption from liabilities (&quot;safe harbour&quot;) provisions contained within the eCommerce Directive. Some rights holders have expressed concern that the exemption from liabilities provisions are no longer necessary in their current form. The UK government recently published its vision for the future of the digital economy in the EU, and we will continue to seek the views of all stakeholders in developing our policy in this area.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 228459 question first answered 24/03/2015 13:40:17 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

228258

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Internet Service Providers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations his Department has received from rights holders on safe harbour provisions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	228199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Safe Harbour negotiations are on-going between the EU and the US. The UK is keen to uphold the Safe Harbour principles and for these negotiations to reach a swift and mutually acceptable conclusion. I am always interested in the views of stakeholder groups on this and other data protection issues.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/03/2015 10:05:41 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

227690

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on protecting safe harbour provisions and online service providers.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Safe Harbour negotiations are on-going between the EU and the US. The UK is keen to uphold the Safe Harbour principles and for these negotiations to reach a swift and mutually acceptable conclusion. I am always interested in the views of stakeholder groups on this and other data protection issues.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 227843 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:30:38 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

227697

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Internet Service Providers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations his Department has received from internet service providers on safe harbour provisions.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Safe Harbour negotiations are on-going between the EU and the US. The UK is keen to uphold the Safe Harbour principles and for these negotiations to reach a swift and mutually acceptable conclusion. I am always interested in the views of stakeholder groups on this and other data protection issues.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 227844 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:30:38 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

227698

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on requiring internet search engines to incorporate trust marks and warnings to signify legal content in their algorithms and the search results presented to the consumers.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Search engines play a valuable role in guiding consumers to sources of legitimate content online. They are well placed to work with copyright owners to explore ways to promote legitimate websites in search results, taking into account any competition issues. A series of round table discussions between search engines and copyright owners chaired by my noble Friend Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister for Intellectual Property, have been productive and work continues on these important matters.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/03/2015 12:57:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226555

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on giving intellectual property rights holders an opportunity to discuss with search engine providers how to maximise the prioritisation of sites with legitimate content.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Since October 2014, my noble Friend the Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Neville-Rolfe has chaired 4 roundtable meetings between representatives of the creative industries and leading UK search engines.</p><p> </p><p>The meetings have been focused on discussing steps that can be taken to reduce the number of consumers led to copyright infringing websites through search results.</p><p> </p><p>Work continues, but during this period the group has seen a substantial improvement in the way some of the most infringing sites are dealt with in search rankings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 15:57:19 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226556

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase co-ordination and accountability for intellectual property policy by establishing a cross-industry partnership between the Intellectual Property Office and the Creative Industries Council.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Creative Industry Council is co-chaired by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Nicola Mendelsohn (Vice President Europe, Middle East and Africa, Facebook). As an agency of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Intellectual Property Office develops intellectual property policy to support innovation and growth, and is already fully engaged in the work of the Creative Industries Council, including the intellectual property workstream.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/03/2015 16:01:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley