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Data Protection: Age of Consent |
| Question ID: |
1806980 |
| UIN: |
55591 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5125 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sorcha Eastwood
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SorchaEastwood
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SorchaEastwood
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with the Chief Medical Officer on the potential merits of raising the digital age of consent. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answer text: |
Ministers and officials engage regularly with a range of experts and stakeholders on issues relating to children’s online safety and wellbeing. While there have been no recent formal discussions with the Chief Medical Officer specifically on the digital a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |