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861132

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date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Public and Commercial Services Union on the implications for public safety of the new satellite navigation test.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	132281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) introduced the new practical driving test on 4 December 2017. Senior officials engaged with representatives from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union throughout the development of the new driving test and considered any concerns raised by PCS.<strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The new elements of the test were trialled extensively. No incidents were recorded during the trial of in excess of 3,000 candidates.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2017, the DVSA carried out a risk assessment of the new test and conducted further evaluations in September 2017, which did not identify any unacceptable risk. It also commissioned an independent assessment of the test from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The RoSPA report concluded that all new parts of the driving test were low risk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2018 14:01:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

861134

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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: Video Games
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 he is taking to regulate in-game purchasing in video games.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	132283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Game purchasers are protected by general consumer law such as the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. This includes a requirement on businesses not to subject anyone to misleading or aggressive marketing practices, or, for example, direct exhortation to buy products, such as games content, including in-game purchases such as loot boxes. The government is committed to ensuring that consumers are properly protected and not exploited by aggressive commercial practices.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/03/2018 10:39:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

861136

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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: Video Games
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 bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the game mechanics of (a) loot boxes and (b) similar in-game reward mechanisms in video games to ensure fair practices.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	132285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Video games are subject to a mixture of statutory and voluntary regulation mainly linked to the Pan-European Games Information (PEGI) classification system. The PEGI ratings system is used to classify video games content against criteria which includes, among other things, gambling. Additionally, PEGI informs consumers purchasing products from major app stores if they contain further purchases and are considering the possibility of placing these notifications on boxed products.</p><p> </p><p>Regulators such as PEGI and the Gambling Commission are speaking to industry to ensure that those who purchase and play video games are informed and protected. The government’s Internet Safety Strategy sets out how the government will work with the industry to promote further awareness and understanding of PEGI age ratings, parental controls and advice on safe gaming.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the risks that come from increasing convergence between gambling and video games. The Gambling Commission is keeping this matter under review and will continue to monitor developments in the market.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 132286 question first answered 16/03/2018 10:36:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

861137

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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: Video Games
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 bring forward legislative proposals to ensure the disclosure of the odds of winning items in (a) loot boxes and (b) similar variable reward mechanisms on screen at the time of purchase in video games.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	132286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>Video games are subject to a mixture of statutory and voluntary regulation mainly linked to the Pan-European Games Information (PEGI) classification system. The PEGI ratings system is used to classify video games content against criteria which includes, among other things, gambling. Additionally, PEGI informs consumers purchasing products from major app stores if they contain further purchases and are considering the possibility of placing these notifications on boxed products.</p><p> </p><p>Regulators such as PEGI and the Gambling Commission are speaking to industry to ensure that those who purchase and play video games are informed and protected. The government’s Internet Safety Strategy sets out how the government will work with the industry to promote further awareness and understanding of PEGI age ratings, parental controls and advice on safe gaming.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the risks that come from increasing convergence between gambling and video games. The Gambling Commission is keeping this matter under review and will continue to monitor developments in the market.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 132285 question first answered 16/03/2018 10:36:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

827985

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Royal Foundation's National Action Plan to Tackle Cyberbullying, published on 16 Novmber 2017, to tackle on-line (a) Islamophobia, (b) homophobia and (c) antisemitism.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	123945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The Royal Foundation has played a key role bringing together technology companies with those working hard to protect children, in order to help create industry-driven initiatives and encourage the companies to take their social responsibility seriously.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Foundation’s National Action Plan tackles cyberbullying which can include islamophobia, homophobia and antisemitism. In our Internet Safety Strategy, we consulted on introducing a code of practice, which will build on the Royal Foundation’s work. As set out in the Digital Economy Act 2017, the code will address all forms of bullying, insulting, intimidating and humiliating behaviour by setting out guidance for social media providers about what they should do in relation to conduct on their platforms.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/01/2018 14:53:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

827987

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Digital Technology: Departmental Coordination
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 meetings officials and ministers from his Department have had with their counterparts at the Department for Education on education and the proposed Digital Charter.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	123947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with their counterparts in the Department for Education to discuss a range of issues, including the Digital Charter.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/01/2018 14:51:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

827988

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo on working conditions for children involved in the mining of cobalt.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	123948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about working conditions for children involved in the mining of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).</p><p>The DRC is a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Human Rights Priority Country. We will continue to encourage the DRC Government to take concrete steps to improve respect for human rights. Through our existing and future programming in DRC, we hope to eradicate child labour in the mines in the long term.</p><p>DFID is working to tackle the root causes of child labour in the mining sector in the DRC. DFID collaborates closely with other Government Departments and through a European Partnership for Responsible Minerals. We provide funding to the Carter Center in the DRC to improve transparency and governance of the sector. DFID DRC is also working with other international partners to consider how we might tackle the issues in the cobalt supply chain in future programme design.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/01/2018 17:52:47 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

827990

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Children's Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Democratic Republic of Congo on upholding Article 32.1 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	123950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK actively encourages countries to uphold Article 32.1 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UK was among the main sponsors of the annual resolution at the Human Rights Council on the Rights of the Child in March 2017 and we are already working on the Rights of the Child Resolution ahead of the Human Rights Council session in March 2018. The UK actively encourages International Labour Organisation (ILO) member states, including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to fulfil their ILO obligations and work towards ratifying and meeting the provisions of the core ILO conventions. This includes ILO conventions relating to child labour.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/01/2018 17:22:38 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

827992

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support the reduction in the use of children involved in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	123952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>DFID is working to tackle the root causes that enable child labour to flourish in the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To this end, DFID collaborates closely with other Government Departments and through a European Partnership for Responsible Minerals. We provide funding to the Carter Center in the DRC to improve transparency and governance of the sector. DFID DRC is also working with other international partners to consider how we might tackle the issues in the cobalt supply chain in future programme design.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/01/2018 16:10:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

827993

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Ritual Slaughter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to regulate the non-stun slaughter of animals.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	123953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government encourages the highest standards of welfare at slaughter. The Government would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but respects the right of the Jewish and Muslim communities to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs.</p><p>We have stricter national rules aimed at reducing stress and providing protection for animals slaughtered in accordance with religious rites. These national rules include requirements for sheep, goats and bovines to be slaughtered immediately that they are restrained and not to be released from restraint until they are unconscious and at least 20 seconds have elapsed, in the case of sheep and goats, and at least 30 seconds have elapsed in the case of bovines.</p><p>This year the Government is introducing mandatory CCTV recording in slaughterhouses. This will further enable official veterinarians to monitor and verify animal welfare standards in the slaughterhouse and ensure strict adherence to stand still time rules.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 123954 question first answered 30/01/2018 17:48:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley