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registered interest
date	10/05/2022
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 assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the debate entitled For an assessment of the means and provisions to combat children's exposure to pornographic content, which took place at the Council of Europe on 25 April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government shares the concerns raised by the Council of Europe about the impact of children’s exposure to pornography online.</p><p>The Online Safety Bill provides protection for children from online pornography. Services in scope of the Bill that host or publish pornography, including pornography sites, social media, video sharing platforms and forums will be required to protect children from this content.</p><p>The Government continues to engage with international partners, including through multilateral organisations such as the Council of Europe, to lead global discussions and build consensus around our approaches to tackling online harms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/05/2022 08:34:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1383860

registered interest
date	01/12/2021
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 prevent access to porn websites by school-age boys.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	85267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2021 answer text <p>The strongest protections in the draft Online Safety Bill are for children.</p><p>The draft Bill covers many the most visited pornography sites, social media platforms, video-sharing sites, forums and via search engines - thereby capturing many of the sites through which children access pornography. Under our proposals, companies in scope will need to put in place technologies such as age verification to prevent children accessing pornography or demonstrate that the approach they are taking delivers the same level of protection for children.</p><p>The Joint Committee scrutinising the Bill is expected to report by 10th December and the government will introduce the Bill as soon as possible thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/12/2021 12:51:08 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1313038

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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 his Department is taking to implement an age verification process for access to legal online pornography.
tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
tabling member printed	Sajid Javid
uin	199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Protecting children is at the heart of our online harms agenda and wider government priorities. The strongest protections in the online safety legislation will be for children.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under our now-published draft Online Safety legislation, we expect companies to use age verification technologies to prevent children from accessing services which pose the highest risk of harm to children, such as online pornography.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The online safety regime will capture both the most visited pornography sites and pornography on social media, therefore covering the vast majority of sites where children are most likely to be exposed to pornography. Social media platforms will need to put appropriate systems and processes in place to prevent children viewing pornography on their services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The draft Online Safety legislation will be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny in this session. We are also working closely with Ofcom to ensure that the implementation period, that will be necessary following passage of the legislation, is as short as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/05/2021 11:30:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid

1287575

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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, if he will take steps to ensure that forthcoming legislative proposals on preventing children's exposure to pornographic content online apply equally to all pornographic websites accessible by children.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	155215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In negotiations with the EU, the UK proposed expanding a list of activities for Short Term Business Visitors to cover musicians, artists and their accompanying staff. This would have enabled musicians, artists and support staff to tour and perform in the EU without needing work-permits. I deeply regret that the EU rejected our proposals.There is scope to return to this issue in the future should the EU change its mind.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">UK performers and artists are of course still able to tour and perform in the EU, and vice versa. However, they will be required to check domestic immigration rules for each Member State in which they intend to tour. This is because, while some Member States may allow paid performances without a visa or work permit, others will require musicians, artists and other creative professionals to obtain a visa or work permit, in the same way that they are required for other international artists.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is looking at how we can work with our partners in EU Member States to find ways to make life easier for the creative industries touring in the EU.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We understand the concerns of the sector regarding the new arrangements and we are committed to supporting them as they get to grips with the changes to systems and processes. The DCMS-led working group on creative and cultural touring, which involves sector representatives and other key government departments, is looking at the issues and options to help the sectors resume touring with ease as soon as it is safe to do so.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Protecting children is at the heart of our online harms agenda, and wider government priorities. Under our proposals, social media, websites, apps and other services which host user-generated content or facilitate online user interaction (including video and image sharing, commenting and live streaming) will be subject to a duty of care, giving them new responsibilities towards their users. The online harms regime will capture both the most visited pornography sites and pornography on social media, therefore covering the vast majority of sites where children are most likely to be exposed to pornography.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We expect companies to use age assurance or age verification technologies to prevent children from accessing services which pose the highest risk of harm to children, such as online pornography. We are working closely with stakeholders across industry to establish the right conditions for the market to deliver age assurance and age verification technical solutions ahead of the legislative requirements coming into force.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/03/2021 17:32:09 question first ministerially corrected 06/04/2021 10:03:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 86254 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1260285

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	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, whether he plans to include in legislative proposals on online harms provisions that (a) protect children from online pornography and (b) apply to all pornographic sites accessible from the UK regardless of where they are based and whether their content is user-generated.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	128327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Our Online Harms proposals will deliver a higher level of protection for children than for the typical adult user. We expect companies to use a proportionate range of tools, including age assurance and age verification technologies, to prevent children accessing age-inappropriate content, such as online pornography, and to protect them from other harms. The new regulatory framework will cover social media companies, where many children access pornography, and all sites on which there is user-generated functionality, including pornography sites, regardless of where they are based. Further details of how the online harms legislation will protect children from harmful content, including online pornography, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/12/2020 15:07:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1242350

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	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 progress has been made on implementing Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	102106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>As we announced on 16 October last year, we will not be commencing Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) 2017 and its provisions on age verification for online pornography as originally intended. Instead we will repeal Part 3 of the DEA and the online harms regime will include provisions to protect children from age-inappropriate content, including online pornography. Our Online Harms proposals will go further than the DEA’s focus on online pornography on commercial adult sites and provide a higher level of protection for children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 102107 question first answered 15/10/2020 15:52:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1236035

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
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	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, if he will ask the Information Commissioner's Office to investigate instances of pornographic websites using children's browsing history data to promote pornographic content to those users.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	92753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Providers of online services which are likely to be accessed by children are required by UK data protection legislation to ensure that children’s data is processed fairly, lawfully and transparently. They should not be sharing data with third parties unless there are compelling reasons to do so, taking account of the best interests of the child.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a code of practice on Age Appropriate Design, which offers guidance for organisations on complying with the legislation, including the privacy standards that should be adopted where they are offering online services to children. The code can be viewed on the ICO’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-data-protection-themes/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/key-data-protection-themes/age-appropriate-design-a-code-of-practice-for-online-services/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Online services that do not comply with the legislation, should be reported to the ICO which may, in turn, consider enforcement action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maldon answering member printed Mr John Whittingdale question first answered 29/09/2020 10:16:00 answering member 39 label Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1235203

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	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, whether the Government will reconsider implementing Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 in response to the court case brought by several age verification companies, claim number CO/206/2020.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	91002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>I am unable to discuss any ongoing cases against the department.</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that children are protected from accessing harmful content online.Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/09/2020 14:38:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1234561

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	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, further to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75251, what assessment he has made of the level of risk that commercial pornographic websites will cease to allow user generated content if that would bring those websites within scope of a duty of care in potential future online harms legislation.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	90111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 90112 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:34:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1234562

registered interest
date	15/09/2020
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	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, further to the Answer of 21 July 2020 to Question 75251, whether his Department holds data on which of the fifty most accessed commercial pornography sites in the UK (a) allow user generated content and (b) require payment to access all of the content on their website.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	90112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Details of how the online harms legislation will apply to pornography sites, will be published later this year in the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 90111 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:34:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce