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1547187

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	Football: World Cup
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 she has had recent discussions with representatives of FIFA on the process for awarding world cup tournaments.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	902504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>Sport operates independently of the government, therefore direct representations to FIFA on their processes for awarding future events would be a matter for Home Nation football governing bodies to raise.</p><p>The Government has frank conversations at an international level with counterparts around the world on issues such as human rights, and we will continue to have those conversations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/12/2022 15:46:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1547188

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	Sports
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 her Department is taking to promote UK sport.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	902505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building on the UK’s world-leading sporting reputation.</p><p>This year has seen us successfully host a number of major sporting events, including this year’s Birmingham Commonwealth Games, UEFA Women’s Euros and the Rugby League World Cup.</p><p>We aim to retain our world-leading hosting reputation in the years ahead, with a number of major sporting events due to be hosted in the UK between now and 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/12/2022 15:45:41 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1547189

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	Social Media: Abuse
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 help tackle abusive behaviour on social media.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	902506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill will stamp out illegal abusive behaviour on social media, while giving users greater control over their online experience.</p><p>The new duties in the Bill will increase transparency over companies’ terms of service, allowing users to make more informed choices about the services they use. Companies must also provide users with tools to protect themselves from abuse.</p><p>The Bill is currently at Report Stage and is due to return to the Commons on 5 December.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/12/2022 15:36:17 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1547190

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	BBC Radio: Local Broadcasting
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 discussions she has had with the BBC on its future support for BBC Local Radio.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	902507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is disappointed that the BBC is planning to reduce parts of its local radio output. I met with the BBC and expressed our shared concerns in this House. I made clear that it must continue to provide distinctive and genuinely local radio services, with content that represents communities from all corners of the UK.</p><p>Ultimately, the BBC is editorially and operationally independent, and it is for them to decide how to deliver its services. However, I expect them to consider the views of this House when they make the decision over whether to proceed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 01/12/2022 15:34:46 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1547192

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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	Internet: Children
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 her Department is taking to protect children online.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	902510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The strongest protections in the Online Safety Bill are for children, and platforms will have to take proactive steps to prevent children being exposed to illegal content and behaviour, including child sexual exploitation and abuse and content assisting suicide.</p><p>Services likely to be accessed by children will also be required to protect children from other harmful material, including pornography and cyberbullying. If sites fail in their duties, they will be subject to tough enforcement action.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/12/2022 15:36:56 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1546687

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Football: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policies of the decision by FIFA to ban the One Love rainbow armband at the World Cup.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	902543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials have raised the concerns of LGBT+ visitors with Qatari authorities at all levels, and will continue to engage on this issue during the World Cup. Qatar has repeatedly committed that &quot;everybody is welcome&quot; to the tournament. We will continue to encourage equal treatment and the respect of individual rights, and identify what action the Qatari authorities are taking to match their commitment.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 902545 question first answered 30/11/2022 13:51:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1546688

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the provision of cross-departmental funding for women’s centres.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	902544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Women’s centres play a vital role in supporting women in the community and the Ministry of Justice is investing up to £24 million in community support for women in 2022-25.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/11/2022 14:35:56 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1546689

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Football: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to promote LGBT+ rights during the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	902545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials have raised the concerns of LGBT+ visitors with Qatari authorities at all levels, and will continue to engage on this issue during the World Cup. Qatar has repeatedly committed that &quot;everybody is welcome&quot; to the tournament. We will continue to encourage equal treatment and the respect of individual rights, and identify what action the Qatari authorities are taking to match their commitment.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 902543 question first answered 30/11/2022 13:51:20 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1546690

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Public Finance: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government has made an assessment of the impact of the Autumn Statement 2022 on equality for (a) women, (b) Black, Asian and minority ethnic people, (c) LGBT+ people and (d) disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	902546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>In developing proposals for fiscal events, such as the Autumn Statement on 17 November, the Treasury follows a rigorous process to ensure we carefully consider the equality impact on those sharing protected characteristics, in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to promoting fairness. In interests of transparency HMRC will publish a summary of equality impacts for tax measures within the Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs) alongside the associated legislation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/11/2022 13:59:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1546691

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps the Government has taken to (a) reduce the gender pay gap and (b) help tackle (i) unequal pay and (ii) discrimination against women in the labour market.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	902548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The gender pay gap continues to fall, an increasing number of women are in full-time work, and there’s a higher percentage of women on FTSE 350 company boards than ever before.</p><p>There are strong protections against discrimination on the basis of sex in the Equality Act, including reaffirming equal pay protections.</p><p>Through mandatory gender pay gap reporting, we are motivating employers to improve workplace gender equality.</p><p>To accelerate this progress we’ve announced a pay transparency pilot, STEM returners programme, and a Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 30/11/2022 15:24:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby