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Pornography: Internet

Written question asked by Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench) on Monday, 5 August 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 August 2019. It was answered by Baroness Barran (Conservative) on Monday, 5 August 2019 on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 20 July (HL Deb, cols 883–4), on what date the age verification requirements to protect children from accessing online pornography will come into effect.

Answer

Once the appropriate remedial actions have been undertaken to correct a procedural error announced on 20th June, we will announce further details on timings for commencement of age verification for online pornography, giving stakeholders sufficient time to prepare.

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17519
Session
2017-19
Age Verification
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Proceeding contributions
House of Lords
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