Question follow-through · 112303
Health: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures her Department is taking to help prevent the censorship of online information concerning women's health.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures her Department is taking to help prevent the censorship of online information concerning women's health.
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Online Safety Act does not prevent adults or children from accessing legal content about women’s health. Safeguards for freedom of expression have been built in throughout the framework of the Act, which places duties on platforms to protect users’ ri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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