Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
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 the Secretary of State for Transport on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’ proposals for older passenger boats and the effect of those proposals on (a) tourism, (b) visitors to National Historic Palaces and (c) vessels no longer being on the National Historic Ships Register; and if will she make a statement.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has not met with Ministers or officials from the Department for Transport to discuss the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals for older passenger boats.
The Department for Transport held an initial public consultation which ran from 6 November 2018 to 29 January 2019 with a second consultation running from 29th May 2019 to 10 July 2019, which included impact assessments and took comments from a range of stakeholders. Officials at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are happy to discuss impacts with any interested parties and consider relevant evidence.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with regional tourism bodies on the potential effect the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals for older passenger boats will have on the UK’s (a) fleet of passenger boats and (b) tourism industry.
Answered by Rebecca Pow
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has not had any discussions with regional tourism bodies on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals for older passenger boats.
The Department for Transport held an initial public consultation which ran from 6 November 2018 to 29 January 2019 with a second consultation running from 29th May 2019 to 10 July 2019, which included impact assessments and took comments from a range of stakeholders. Officials at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are happy to discuss impacts with any interested parties and consider relevant evidence.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he last met with representatives of National Historic Ships UK on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s proposals for older UK passenger boats.
Answered by Michael Ellis
Department officials continue to have regular meetings with staff from the National Historic Ships UK (NHS-UK) to discuss such matters. NHS-UK, as an arms-length body, has independence when issuing advice, whether that be to the sector, government departments or government bodies such as the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle internet trolls uploading (a) false and (b) malicious business reviews.
Answered by Margot James
The Government is making important progress in tackling online safety issues through the Digital Charter, which is guided by a number of principles and whose core purpose is to make the Internet work for everyone - for citizens, businesses and society as a whole.
As part of its work to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online, the Government published the Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper in October 2017 and published its consultation response in May this year.
The consultation response confirmed that the Government will publish a White Paper as a precursor to bringing forward online safety legislation that will cover the full range of online harms.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of relocation of Ofcom departments from London to other areas of the country on Ofcom's ability to maintain its service standards.
Answered by Lord Vaizey of Didcot
The location of Ofcom departments and its offices is a matter for Ofcom, who are independent from Government.