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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275130/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Government has put into place measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, protect the NHS, and save lives. Current guidance states that you must not leave, or be outside of your home except where necessary. Exceptions have been made to go to work or provide voluntary or charitable services, if this cannot reasonably be done from home. This only applies in England. There is separate guidance on coronavirus for <a href=\"https://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19/\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a>, <a href=\"https://gov.wales/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\">Wales<\/a> and <a href=\"https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coronavirus-covid-19-regulations-guidance-what-restrictions-mean-you\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p><p>In order to reduce the risks relating to coronavirus, volunteers, including those working at food banks, should follow guidance on <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing\" target=\"_blank\">social distancing <\/a>(hands, face, space) <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing/coronavirus-covid-19-meeting-with-others-safely-social-distancing<\/a> and working in a <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-secure<\/a> environment <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19<\/a>. Specific <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/enabling-safe-and-effective-volunteering-during-coronavirus-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">guidance for volunteer-involving organisations and groups<\/a> on how they can involve volunteers safely in their work during the pandemic is available on GOV.UK here: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/enabling-safe-and-effective-volunteering-during-coronavirus-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/enabling-safe-and-effective-volunteering-during-coronavirus-covid-19<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The government has not made a specific assessment of the effect of COVID-19 infections at UK foodbanks.<\/p><p><br>The Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport has made a total of £22.7m available to 911 organisations supporting food supply from the £750m voluntary, community and social enterprise sector support package. This will support the ability of foodbanks to provide emergency food aid to people in need.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/39", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Whittingdale"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the effect of covid-19 infection rates on the (a) number of UK foodbank volunteers and (b) ability of foodbanks to provide emergency food aid to people in need.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4382", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Daniel Zeichner"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275209", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275209/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government recognises the importance of touring for UK musicians and other creative professionals. We acknowledge that there will be some additional processes for those in creative industries working across the EU now that the transition period has come to an end. However, our agreement with the EU contains Transparency and Procedural Facilitation measures that will help ensure visa processes are as prompt and smooth as possible.<\/p><p>During our negotiations with the EU, the UK proposed measures, reflecting the views of the music industry itself, that would have allowed musicians to travel and perform in the UK and the EU more easily, without needing work-permits. Specifically, we proposed to capture the work done by musicians, artists and entertainers, and their accompanying staff through the list of permitted activities for short-term business visitors.<\/p><p>In practice this would have delivered an outcome that is closer to the UK\u2019s approach to incoming musicians, artists and entertainers from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, who can come to perform in the UK without requiring a visa. Unfortunately, these proposals were repeatedly rejected by the EU.<\/p><p>The EU did not propose and wouldn\u2019t accept a tailored deal for musicians, artists and their support staff to tour across the EU and UK.<\/p><p>Going forward, we will continue our close dialogue with the creative and cultural sectors to ensure that they have the support they need to thrive.The Government recognises the importance of touring for UK musicians and other creative professionals, and has engaged extensively with the creative industries and arts sector since the announcement of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement to ensure they are aware of the new requirements.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what visa arrangements for touring musicians were offered by the EU during negotiations on the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275218", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275218/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It is vital that children are protected from accessing age-inappropriate, harmful content online. We have now published the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out how the proposed legal duty of care on online companies will work in practice and gives them new responsibilities towards their users. The strongest protections in our online harms proposals are for children. All companies in scope will be required to assess whether children are likely to access their services, and if so, provide additional protections for children using them. Companies will need to take steps to protect children from harmful content and activity on their service. We will set out in secondary legislation the priority harms that this regulation will tackle, in consultation with Ofcom. Ofcom will then set out in Codes of Practice the steps companies can take to protect children from harm on their services.<\/p><p>Ahead of Online Harms legislation, Regulations transposing the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive came into force on 1 November 2020 which require UK-established video sharing platforms to take appropriate measures to protect minors from harmful content and all users from illegal content. The Regulations require that the most harmful content is subject to the strongest protections, such as age assurance or more technical measures. Ofcom, as the regulatory authority, may take robust enforcement action against video sharing platforms which do not adopt measures to adequately protect their users.<\/p><p>Over the past year we have been working with the BBFC and industry to drive the voluntary adoption of the BBFC\u2019s age rating symbols to Video On Demand platforms. Doing so will provide consumers with well recognised age ratings and consumer advice.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to encourage the adoption of BBFC age ratings on online video streaming platforms.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"}
      ], "uin" : "135926"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275220", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275220/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It is vital that children are protected from accessing age-inappropriate, harmful content online. We have now published the Full Government Response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation, which sets out how the proposed legal duty of care on online companies will work in practice and gives them new responsibilities towards their users. The strongest protections in our online harms proposals are for children. All companies in scope will be required to assess whether children are likely to access their services, and if so, provide additional protections for children using them. Companies will need to take steps to protect children from harmful content and activity on their service. We will set out in secondary legislation the priority harms that this regulation will tackle, in consultation with Ofcom. Ofcom will then set out in Codes of Practice the steps companies can take to protect children from harm on their services.<\/p><p>Ahead of Online Harms legislation, Regulations transposing the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive came into force on 1 November 2020 which require UK-established video sharing platforms to take appropriate measures to protect minors from harmful content and all users from illegal content. The Regulations require that the most harmful content is subject to the strongest protections, such as age assurance or more technical measures. Ofcom, as the regulatory authority, may take robust enforcement action against video sharing platforms which do not adopt measures to adequately protect their users.<\/p><p>Over the past year we have been working with the BBFC and industry to drive the voluntary adoption of the BBFC\u2019s age rating symbols to Video On Demand platforms. Doing so will provide consumers with well recognised age ratings and consumer advice.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-01-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of applying BBFC ratings to user-generated video content on YouTube, Facebook and similar sites and linking those ratings to parental filters.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"}
      ], "uin" : "135927"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275221", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275221/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It was announced in 2016 as part of the National Cyber Security Strategy that SS7 and Diameter protocols used within mobile networks would be tackled within the National Cyber Security Centre\u2019s (NCSC) Active Cyber Defence programme. The NCSC\u2019s second report on Active Cyber Defence which was published in July 2019 included details on work to further remediate weaknesses in SS7. The NCSC continues to work closely with mobile operators to reduce the vulnerability of UK networks.<\/p><p>The Telecommunications (Security) Bill currently going through the House will require that telecoms providers take measures to protect their networks and services from security compromises. This would include measures to mitigate risks associated with SS7 protocols.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4361", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Warman"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he last made an assessment of the (a) weaknesses in the UK's SS7 phone signalling system and (b) implications for national security of that matter.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"}
      ], "uin" : "135928"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275223", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275223/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Telecommunications (Security) Bill, currently before the House of Commons, will boost the security standards of our telecoms networks and services. The Bill will require that telecoms providers take measures to protect their networks and services from security compromises. This will provide extra protection to UK telecoms users - including from their data being accessed unlawfully.<\/p><p>The Channel Islands are self-governing, however they have committed to align their forthcoming telecoms security frameworks to the UK's Bill.<\/p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre works with providers in the UK and the Channel Islands to help protect their security. This includes the Active Cyber Defence programme that aims to protect the UK from the high-volume commodity attacks that affect people\u2019s everyday lives.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4361", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Warman"}
        }
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to prevent corporate intelligence firms registered in the Channel Islands from accessing phones of UK citizens for surveillance purposes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"}
      ], "uin" : "135929"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275224", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275224/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>DCMS has supported the Digital Boost platform since its inception in June 2020. DCMS has encouraged sign-ups to the platform among SMEs and charities through the seven Local Digital Skills Partnerships, national industry partners, and other government departments. DCMS has also encouraged take-up through various communication channels, including social media and newsletters.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Dinenage"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275225/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>As of 12th January, 674 mentoring sessions have taken place since the platform\u2019s rebuilding in late September. To date, 218 mentoring requests have been unfulfilled due to a lack of volunteers in the requested skill. Where matches have not been made, Digital Boost is working closely with their corporate partners to call for more volunteers where there are subject shortages and are also putting on workshops.<\/p><p>1448 small businesses and charities have signed up to the platform as of 12th January. Those remaining small businesses and charities who have not requested a mentoring session have free access to Digital Boost\u2019s courses, content and workshops.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4008", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1275226/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Government has announced the introduction of a new pro competition regime, including an enforceable code for digital platforms with substantial and enduring market power. As part of this, we have announced the establishment of a dedicated Digital Markets Unit (DMU) which will be housed within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The DMU will introduce, maintain and enforce the code of conduct.<\/p><p>The DMU will be set up in non-statutory form in April 2021 to begin to operationalise the new pro-competition regime. Government will consult on the pro-competition regime in early 2021 and legislate to put on a statutory footing as soon as parliamentary time allows.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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