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1228097

registered interest
date	28/07/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made with regard to the applications for World Heritage Status for (1) Chatham Dockyard and its Defences, (2) Creswell Crags, (3) Darwin’s Landscape Laboratory, (4) Flow Country, (5) Great Spas of Europe, (6) Island of St Helena, (7) Mousa, Old Scatness and Jarlshof: the Zenith of Iron Age Shetland, (8) Slate Industry of North Wales, (9) The Twin Monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow, and (10) Turks and Caicos Islands.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL7430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2020 answer text <p>UNESCO World Heritage inscription is recognition that a cultural or natural site is of Outstanding Universal Value to humanity. As such, the process for achieving this status is highly rigorous. Each State Party to the World Heritage Convention is responsible for maintaining a tentative list of sites from which nominations may be developed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The sites mentioned in this question are all on the UK’s current tentative list. As each country may only nominate a maximum of one site per year from this list, the UK government will only submit nominations which clearly demonstrate that a site meets the criteria, authenticity, integrity and management required. In January 2020, the Government nominated the Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales to UNESCO for potential inscription in 2021. The Great Spas of Europe, which includes Bath, was nominated in 2019 alongside 11 other spa towns throughout Europe and will be considered for inscription at the next World Heritage Committee meeting. Additionally, the Flow Country has passed a UK expert evaluation, and now may proceed to develop a nomination. Other sites on this list are at earlier stages in the process, or have determined that they do not intend to move forward with the development of a nomination at this stage.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 03/08/2020 12:20:38 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1187905

registered interest
date	25/03/2020
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	Social Media: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with social networking companies what steps they are taking to restrict (1) comments by, and (2) the accounts of, users with high numbers of followers which give (1) false information, or (2) advice counter to official medical advice, about COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working very closely with social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Google in response to Covid-19. This is helping us understand what is happening on their platforms and the steps they are taking so we can effectively tackle misinformation and disinformation together. It also allows social media platforms to be informed where harmful information is identified.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Social media companies have taken a range of steps to limit misinformation and disinformation on their platforms. This has included updating their policies in response to Covid-19, to enable them to take action on false and misleading content where it has the potential to cause harm.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Alongside the removal or downranking of misinformation and disinformation, platforms are also working with Government and the NHS to take action to promote accurate information. Measures have been introduced across almost all major platforms to ensure users see accurate information on Covid-19, including links to NHS and other authoritative sources.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 07/04/2020 15:11:20 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1182880

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	Sports: Transgender People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the participation of those who are transgender in women’s sport.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>Sport England collects data on transgender status through its Active Lives surveys, which measure the activity levels of people across England. However, the number of transgender responses received to the survey is so low that the figure is not statistically reliable.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Sport England also funded Pride Sports, a UK organisation which helps improve LGBT+ access to sport, to gather information on transgender participation in all sport and physical activity. Pride Sports reported in 2016 that there were very low rates of transgender participation and the report’s findings helped to inform Sport England’s current work on transgender inclusion.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The report ‘Sport, Physical Activity and LGBT: A Study by Pride Sports for Sport England’ can be found here: <a href="https://sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pride-sport-sport-physical-activity-and-lgbt-report-2016.pdf#page=1" target="_blank">https://sportengland-production-files.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pride-sport-sport-physical-activity-and-lgbt-report-2016.pdf#page=1</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 18/03/2020 12:02:44 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran attachment 1 file name pride-sport-sport-physical-activity-and-lgbt-report-2016.pdf title SPORT, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & LGBT
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

772964

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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	Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current state of negotiations regarding Convention 108 of the Council of Europe and when they anticipate agreement to this Convention from all countries of the Council of Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>Convention 108 is currently undergoing modernisation to address the growth and challenges of new information and communication technology, and to be brought in line with the new EU Data Protection regime. The UK Government supports this aim and will continue to work with all parties towards agreeing and concluding the modernised text.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL2011 question first answered 27/10/2017 11:06:22 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

771210

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their position on the redrafting of Convention 108 of the Council of Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL2011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>Convention 108 is currently undergoing modernisation to address the growth and challenges of new information and communication technology, and to be brought in line with the new EU Data Protection regime. The UK Government supports this aim and will continue to work with all parties towards agreeing and concluding the modernised text.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL2165 question first answered 27/10/2017 11:06:22 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra