Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether talks relating to future international trade agreements will include possible reductions of the current food safety regulations; and whether chlorine-washing of chicken will continue to be contrary to UK food safety standards.
Answered by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
HM Government has made it clear that any future trade deals must work for British consumers, farmers and companies. We are proud of our high standards in food safety and these will not be weakened.?High standards and high quality are what our domestic and global customers demand, and that is what we?will?provide.
It is vital that we explore new trading opportunities, but these should not mean a dilution of the standards for which British food is world-renowned. The EU Withdrawal Act transfers all existing EU food safety provisions on to the statute book and we remain firmly committed to upholding our high food safety standards.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cloud services contracts that were previously delivered by British cloud services providers for the Department for International Trade are now delivered by multinational cloud service providers; what is the value of those contracts; and what are the names of the previous providers.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
There are no Department for International Trade (DIT) cloud services contracts previously delivered by a British provider, that are now delivered via a contract with a multinational cloud service provider.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the Department for International Trade's data is hosted (1) in the UK, and (2) overseas.
Answered by Baroness Fairhead
The Department for International Trade estimates that by volume approximately 80% of its primary data is hosted in the UK, and 20% overseas.
Asked by: Lord Harris of Haringey (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to restricting the marketing of My Friend Cayla dolls in the UK, in the light of the decision of the German Federal Network Agency to remove them from the market in Germany on grounds of concerns about data security and privacy.
Answered by Lord Price
The Government has robust consumer and data protection frameworks which are led by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Culture Media and Sport respectively. Products can be removed from the UK market where they are found to be in breach of the legislation.
The Data Protection Act 1998 puts in place a framework for the protection of personal data, balancing the privacy rights of individuals with the legitimate needs of organisations to make use of such data. It ensures respect for individuals’ rights to privacy and keeps their personal information secure from abuse.
Any alleged breaches of legislation should be reported through to the Citizens Advice consumer helpline