Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Public Service Broadcasting: Political ImpartialityDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on the impartiality of reporting by public funded broadcasters of the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordInternet: Age AssuranceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is planning to use powers under the Online Safety Act to enforce planned minimum age requirements.
Answer: Following the Government's recent consultation, Growing up in the online world, it was announced in June 2026 that government are banning social media companies from offering their services to under-16s. We are aiming for regulations on the social media b...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: InternetDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department provides to (a) sole traders and (b) volunteer-run online services on the personal financial and legal liability they may face under the Online Safety Act 20
Answer: Ofcom is providing support to small service providers to help them understand and comply with their responsibilities under the Online Safety Act. In a July 2025 letter Ofcom’s CEO noted responsibility for regulating a wide range of services, including vol...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: Age AssuranceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's age assurance duties on (a) LGBTQIA+ and (b) other minority (i) community websites and (ii) support
Answer: Implementing a fair age assurance process is crucial to ensure that users are not unfairly excluded from online spaces to which they have legitimate access. Providers in-scope of the OSA must consider the extent to which its chosen method avoids or minimi...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: Age AssuranceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using device or operating-system-level age signalling to reduce the need for individual websites to collect identity do
Answer: We recognise the potential merits of safety protections at device-level, including age assurance. The Government is engaging with operating system providers and device manufacturers to make their products safer for children, including through technology t...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: InternetDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on providing small service providers with a mechanism to obtain a specific, binding assessment of whether an individual proposed feature would bri
Answer: The Government and Ofcom regularly engage on implementation of the Online Safety Act. The Act requires Ofcom to publish codes of practice, guidance and risk assessment resources that enable services of different sizes to understand what is expected of the...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: InternetDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the Online Safety Act 2023's compliance duties on (a) small, (b) community-run and (c) not-for-profit online services; and whethe
Answer: The Online Safety Act is designed to be proportionate and risk-based. Ofcom is required to take account of a service's size, risk profile and capacity when setting expectations. It would not be appropriate to put in place a blanket exemption, as some of t...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social MediaDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has plans to give Ofcom enforcement powers against sites who fail to deliver safeguards for under 16s.
Answer: Protecting children online, particularly those under 16, is a top priority for this Government. Ofcom has strong enforcement powers under the Online Safety Act, including to fine companies up to 10% of their qualifying worldwide revenue. The Government ha...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
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