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date	13/11/2017
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	Internet: Harassment
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 has taken to address the issues caused by internet trolls.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	112772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>What is illegal offline is also illegal online. Communications which are grossly offensive, obscene, indecent or false fall under either section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 or under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the work on the Digital Charter announced in the Queen's Speech, the Government is considering a range of options to counter internet harms. This includes an Internet Safety Strategy, published on 11 October, which will look at how we can support users so that everyone can access the benefits of the Internet safely. The Strategy considers the responsibilities of companies to their users, the use of technical solutions to prevent online harms and government's role in supporting users. The Strategy also considers the role that technology companies can play in awareness and education for users, including children.</p><p> </p><p>The recently enacted Digital Economy Act will help to ensure that online abuse is effectively tackled by requiring a social media code of practice to be established. The code will set out guidance about what social media providers should do in relation to conduct on their platforms and involves bullying or insulting an individual or other behaviour likely to intimidate or humiliate them. It will include guidance on arrangements for notification by users; the process for dealing with notifications; terms and conditions in relation to these arrangements and processes; and, the giving information to the public about the action providers take against harmful behaviour. It also includes questions to determine whether guidance should also be issued on standards for user content and conduct, prevention and identification of abuse and misuse of services, and information about how to identify illegal content.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation on the measures in the Internet Safety Strategy closes on 7th December and Government aims to publish the social media code of practice in 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/11/2017 17:55:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

782680

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Internet: Terrorism
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 prevent online subscription to websites with Islamic extremist content.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	111009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>This Government remains at the forefront of the fight against online terrorist and extremist material. The Police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) has secured the removal of over 290,000 pieces of terrorist-related material, including extremist propaganda, since February 2010. We are also working closely with industry to encourage companies to develop innovative solutions to tackle online radicalisation. Finally, we are seeking to tighten the law: my RHF the Home Secretary announced recently our aim of extending to fifteen years the maximum sentence for those who repeatedly view terrorist content online; and we are setting up a new Commission for Countering Extremism to identify whether more powers are needed.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 10/11/2017 14:19:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

780422

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Pornography: Internet
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 restrict access to online porn for those aged under 18.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to PQ 106788.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 06/11/2017 11:00:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

776132

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Tourism: China
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 her Department had with the Chinese Government on increasing tourism from China to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	109174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>During her visit to China last year, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport had very constructive discussions with her Chinese counterparts about cooperation to boost tourism between the UK and China. We look forward to continuing those discussions during the forthcoming UK-China High Level People to People Dialogue. The Government wants to increase Chinese visitors to all parts of the UK, and we would encourage businesses across the tourism and hospitality sector to sign up to VisitBritain’s GREAT China Welcome Charter.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/10/2017 16:14:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

773124

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	Sports: Mental Illness
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 role her Department plays in supporting sports persons who are recovering from mental illness.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	108415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Sporting Future recognises the impact that sport has on the physical and mental health of people of all ages and highlighted the importance of welfare and wellbeing in elite sport.</p><p>We have been working closely with Department of Health, mental health and sport organisations and athletes to explore how sport can improve its offer of mental health support. I recently hosted two roundtables, one for athletes co-hosted by the Minister for Care and Mental Health and the other for sports and mental health organisations to agree an action plan for future work in this area which we will develop over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 26/10/2017 08:40:20 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon