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1141600

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date	24/07/2019
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: Scotland
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 he has had with (a) his Scottish Government counterpart and (b) social media companies on tackling online (i) abuse and (ii) extremist content in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	281487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>DCMS regularly engages with social media companies and the Scottish Government on a range of issues relating to online harms, including as part of the recent consultation on the Online Harms White Paper. The consultation closed on 1 July and the Government intends to publish its response before the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/09/2019 10:27:07 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1141726

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Broadband: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he next plans to meet with his Scottish Government counterpart to discuss increasing the availability of superfast broadband in the north east of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	281790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State met her Scottish counterpart, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, in August 2019 shortly after her appointment.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from Building Digital UK meet regularly with Scottish officials on behalf of the Department to discuss broadband rollout in Scotland, including rollout in the north east of Scotland. The most recent Director level meeting was held in Glasgow on 20 August 2019.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 05/09/2019 15:04:55 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1141874

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Internet: Cryptography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261159 on Internet: Cryptography, when (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department met with representatives of browser providers on the forthcoming protocol to deploy DNS over HTTP.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	281657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with browser providers, on a range of issues, including the deployment of DNS over HTTPS. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 03/09/2019 12:30:25 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1141876

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Internet: Cryptography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261159 on Internet: Cryptography, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that the switch to DNS from HTTP protocol does not weaken (a) existing child online safety provisions and (b) ISP blocking.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	281658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of ongoing developments relating to the DNS and HTTPS protocol and are working with industry and other relevant stakeholders to address any unintended consequences. Work to understand the potential implications on existing child online safety protections, in particular the effect on existing ISP blocking, is ongoing and we are committed to ensuring that online protections are maintained. Officials are advising Ministers on any necessary mitigation actions as this work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 03/09/2019 12:32:22 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest