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

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the commitment made by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 20 March (HL Deb, col 40) to consider the definition of prohibited material in the Government’s Internet Security Strategy Green Paper, and the reference by the Minister of State for Digital Policy on 26 April (HC Deb, col 1126) to such definitions as unfinished business, why the Green Paper does not address the issue of definitions

Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act (2017) requires the Secretary of State for Digital Culture, Media and Sport to produce a report on the effectiveness of age verification measures 12 months after the powers come into force. We will use this review to consider wider impact and consult on the definitions used in this part of the Act.