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869263

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he plans to take to ensure that social media companies tackle online bullying on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
uin	904532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to making the UK the safest place in the world for users to be online. In October last year we published the Internet Safety Strategy green paper. This sets out a range of measures which will ensure social media companies tackle online bullying.</p><p> </p><p>We will also be introducing a social media code of practice, which will address conduct that involves bullying or insulting an individual online, or other behaviour likely to intimidate or humiliate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:03:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

869265

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the adequacy of protection afforded to citizens' data rights in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	904535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>This government's manifesto made a commitment that people should be given new rights to ensure they are in control of their own data. The new data protection regime will enhance UK citizens’ data rights.</p><p> </p><p>In an age where an ever increasing amount of data is being processed our Data Protection Bill will empower people to take control of their data.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:04:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

869266

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Artificial Intelligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the development of artificial intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	904536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Artificial Intelligence is already starting to transform the way we live and work. We are ensuring that the UK is an excellent place for AI development, with more PhD places, a Fellowship programme and an Industry Council to provide leadership.</p><p> </p><p>Our Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation will ensure we have a governance regime that supports great innovation while at the same time ensuring AI is safe, trusted and works for people.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/03/2018 13:06:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

869267

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Colin Clark
uin	904537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>We take problem gambling very seriously and protecting vulnerable people is a key aim for the Government and the Gambling Commission.</p><p> </p><p>The rate of problem gambling among the adult population in Britain has remained relatively stable over many years, and is currently 0.8%.</p><p> </p><p>Our consultation on gaming machines and social responsibility closed in January. It made clear we will cut stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals. It also included measures to strengthen protections around other gaming machines, online gambling and gambling advertising.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/03/2018 13:57:33 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4650 label Biography information for Colin Clark

869324

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: Rural Areas
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 18 December 2017 to Question 120034 on Broadband: Universal Service Obligation, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people living in rural areas who request a broadband connection from a designated provider under the Universal Service Obligation is only charged up to a reasonable cost threshold.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	133838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the proposed broadband Universal Service Obligation, it will be for industry rather than the consumer to cover the cost of connection up a reasonable cost threshold of £3,400. We also proposed that for premises where the cost of the connection exceeds this threshold, consumers would have the option of paying the excess costs in order to get connected.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We set out the full details of our proposals in our consultation on the design of the Universal Service Obligation (USO) https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/broadband-universal-service-obligation-consultation-on-design.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We will shortly be publishing our full response to the consultation and setting the overall design for the USO in secondary legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2018 14:57:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

869357

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 his counterpart in the US administration on the role of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) Strategic Communications Laboratories, (c) Global Science Research and (d) Aleksandr Kogan in obtaining personal data from Facebook.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	133871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We have not had any such discussions.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/04/2018 12:37:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

869362

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Facebook: Data Protection
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 place minutes and notes of any meetings held between his Department and representatives of Facebook on the potential security breach of UK citizens’ data in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	133876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish minutes of private meetings to encourage full and frank dialogue within the meetings.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/04/2018 09:17:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

869430

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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 Poetry Day
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 were taken by his Department to mark World Poetry Day on 21 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	133944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that everyone has the opportunity to experience and participate in all forms of arts and culture including poetry. We continue to support organisations such as the Poetry School and the Poetry Society who aim to promote the recognition and appreciation of poetry. The Poetry Society will have received over £1 million in funding between 2015 and 2018, to help it continue to represent British poetry both nationally and internationally.</p><p> </p><p>A range of events were held across the country to celebrate World Poetry Day on 21 March. For example, Redbridge Library held an open mic session; Brighton &amp; Hove City Libraries tweeted its staff’s favourite poems on the day and Brighton Dome hosted the Emergency Poet and the Poetry Ambulance in Jubilee Square. To provide ongoing support to poetry, Arts Council England has recently given a substantial grant to The Poetry Business to support poets at every stage of their development. This includes a partnership with Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, who has selected leading emerging poets for promotion under the ‘Laureates Choice’ banner.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 27/03/2018 15:15:41 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

869439

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Tickets: Touting
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 his Department plans to make ticket touting an offence for theatre and musical performances that receive funding from the Arts council England.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	133953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>We have taken several measures to crackdown on unacceptable behaviour in the online primary and secondary ticketing markets and to improve fans’ chances of buying tickets at a reasonable price. In line with Professor Waterson’s independent review into the ticketing market, however, we do not have plans to ban the secondary market.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Consumer Rights Act 2015 already includes rules about tickets offered for sale on the secondary market. The Digital Economy Act 2017 adds an additional requirement for ticket sellers to provide a unique ticket number when re-selling a ticket, and provides the power to create a specific offence, of electronically purchasing more tickets than the maximum permitted. We intend to enact this power via secondary legislation later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We welcome the work of the Competition and Markets Authority and Trading Standards in taking enforcement action against those who are suspected to be in breach of consumer law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/03/2018 16:40:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

869465

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Music
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 steps his Department has taken to support the live music industry in (a) Cornwall and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	133979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The live music industry is a vital part of the UK’s music ecosystem, contributing £1bn to the economy in 2016 and must be allowed to continue to thrive. We have recently reformed both licensing and planning guidance and will continue working with industry and Whitehall colleagues on a range of issues affecting the live music industry.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Arts Council England recently announced just under £10m funding for National Portfolio organisations in Cornwall from 2018-22, including Hall for Cornwall which hosts a live music programme and Creative Kernow's Cornwall Music Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/03/2018 14:54:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann