Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any British Overseas Territories, other than the British Indian Ocean Territory, that have their own domain name; and what part they played in approving the identity of the registry operator for any such domain.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Chagossian people benefit in any way from the revenues derived from the .io country code which represents the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Internet Watch Foundation 2016 Annual Report, published on 3 April, that child abuse images were found on web sites within the .io internet domain.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they indicated to the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) that they approved, and continue to approve of, the company Internet Computer Bureau, which is the Registry for the .io internet domain; and who are the beneficial owners of Internet Computer Bureau.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they were consulted in relation to any matter connected with the operation of the .io internet domain.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government who authorised the decision to allocate the British Indian Ocean Territory its own internet country code through IANA, operating under the domain name of .io.
Answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.