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Written Question
Earl Mountbatten of Burma: Disclosure of Information
Tuesday 12th July 2022

Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool Walton)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with representatives of Southampton University on releasing the correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Lady Mountbatten for open public access.

Answered by Matt Warman

The correspondence between Lady Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru is held in a private collection. The papers are not owned by the University of Southampton nor are they public records. We have, therefore, had no discussions with the University on releasing the correspondence for open public access.

Written Question
Culture: Finance
Thursday 23rd June 2022

Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool Walton)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposal by culture industry organisations for a Smart Fund to ensure creators and performers are paid for their work.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The Government agrees that creators should be fairly remunerated. The Government is taking forward work to achieve this, including a programme considering the remuneration issues related to music streaming.

DCMS Ministers and officials have been engaging with the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) on their proposals for a Smart Fund. It is encouraging to see proposals from the sector to support creators and fair remuneration. However introducing statutory levies of this nature can present significant challenges, including the risk that costs would be passed to consumers. This is of particular concern in the context of wider cost of living challenges. We encourage DACS to work with the tech industry to explore options for industry-led solutions.

Written Question
Film and Television: Carbon Emissions
Wednesday 22nd June 2022

Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool Walton)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of using the tax system to incentivise low carbon or carbon neutral TV and film production.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

This Government believes the creative industries, including TV and film production, have a great opportunity to lead the way in transitioning to a low carbon economy, and welcomes the work delivered by a number of schemes in this area, including BAFTA’s ‘albert’ sustainability initiative.

The Government will continue to facilitate discussions on sustainable production within the industry domestically and internationally, as it did when the UK held the Presidency of the Council of Europe’s European Audiovisual Observatory last year, with the theme ‘sustainability’.

The Government keeps all tax reliefs under review and regularly receives proposals for changes to tax reliefs. When considering changes, HM Treasury must ensure they provide support to businesses across the economy in a fair way and represent good value for money for the taxpayer.

Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Online Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

"Clause 129(4) states that the Secretary of State will be consulted in the process. What would be the Secretary of State’s powers in relation to that? Would she be able to overrule Ofcom in the writing of its guidance?..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Online Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

"When I spoke at the very beginning of the Committee’s proceedings, I said that the legislation was necessary, that it was a starting point and that it would no doubt change and develop over time. However, I have been surprised at how little, considering all of the rhetoric we have …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 21 Jun 2022
Online Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

"I agree with the right hon. Member for Basingstoke that these are important clauses. I want to put them into the context of what we heard from Frances Haugen, who, when she spoke to Congress, said that Facebook consistently chose to maximise its growth rather than implement safeguards on its …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Online Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)

"It is a pleasure to serve on the Committee. I want to apologise for missing the evidence sessions. Unfortunately, I came down with covid, but I have been following the progress of the Committee.

This is important legislation. We spend so much of our lives online these days, yet there …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Online Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)

"This part of the Bill deals with the definitions of services and which services would be exempt. I consider myself a millennial; most people my age or older are Facebook and Twitter users, and people a couple of years younger might use TikTok and other services. The way in which …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Online Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)

"On the way that media literacy relates to misinformation and disinformation, we heard from William Moy, chief executive of Full Fact. His view was that the Bill does nothing to tackle disinformation and that another information incident, as we have seen with covid and Ukraine recently, is inevitable. Full Fact’s …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 07 Jun 2022
Online Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)

"Some of the evidence we heard suggested that the current precedent was that the Secretary of State had very little to do with independent regulators in this realm, but that the Bill overturns that precedent. Does the right hon. Lady have any concerns that the Bill hands too much power …..."
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