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Broadband: Devon and Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Connecting Devon and Cornwall's news story Airband’s full fibre broadband delivery for CDS scaled back, published on 31 October 2024, what assessment he has made of th

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 5 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 7 Mar 2025
Answer: 13 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Connecting Devon and Cornwall's news story Airband’s full fibre broadband delivery for CDS scaled back, published on 31 October 2024, what assessment he has made of th
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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13 Mar 2025
Answer published
Last year, Airband and Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) took the decision to descope premises from their Superfast contracts in the region. Approximately 6,000 premises will remain under contract to gain access to a gigabit-capable broadband connection...

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Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will introduce legislation to put a statutory duty on generative AI developers to (a) complete risk assessments for and (b) mitigate risks of contributing to illegal activity.

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Internet: Children

13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will put a statutory duty on small websites to prevent putting children at risk of (a) sexual extortion, (b) grooming and (c) generating child sexual abuse images.

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Internet: Children

13 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to protect children against the risks of generative-AI content on small websites.

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Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse Material

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Broadband: Devon and Somerset

19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with (a) Connecting Devon and Somerset and (b) Airband on (i) resuming full-scale operations and (ii) the effectiveness of communications between the three p

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Telecommunications: Consumers

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Bacteriophages

3 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to provide funding to develop small-batch GMP phage manufacturing in the UK.

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Media: Education

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure media literacy programmes are part of local and regional strategies.

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Media: Education

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) civil society and (b) community organisations delivering lifelong media literacy programmes for adults.

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Media: Education

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of poor media skills on young people's (a) employability and (b) workplace readiness.

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Media: Education

24 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of poor media literacy skills on young people's (a) employability and (b) workplace readiness.

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Animal Experiments: Shellfish

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to reduce animal testing on decapod crustaceans in scientific research.