Ministerial Corrections

Friday 4th February 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Friday 4 February 2022

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Friday 4th February 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill

The following is an extract from the Second Reading debate on the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill on 26 January 2022.

[Ms Dorries]

Finally, manufacturers will be required to be completely transparent about how often, and for how long, their products will receive security updates and patches. According to the current guidance that is being commonly issued, if we update our computers regularly when asked to do so and use two-step verification, 90% of cyber-attacks can be avoided. The requirement for manufacturers to be transparent about how often their product will receive security updates is intended to help consumers to know at which point they will need to do that.

[Official Report, 26 January 2022, Vol. 707, c. 1031.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport:

Errors have been identified in my speech on Second Reading.

The correct information should have been:

[Ms Dorries]

Finally, manufacturers will be required to be completely transparent about for how long their products will receive security updates and patches. According to the current guidance that is being commonly issued, if we update our computers regularly when asked to do so and use two-step verification, 90% of cyber-attacks can be avoided. The requirement for manufacturers to be transparent about for how long their product will receive security updates is intended to help consumers to make an informed choice when purchasing a product.

Treasury

Friday 4th February 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Finance (No. 2) Bill

The following is an extract from Report stage of the Finance (No. 2) Bill on 2 February 2022.

[Lucy Frazer]

We have cut tax for low-income families by introducing the universal credit taper rate, saving working families £1,000 a month.

[Official Report, 2 February 2022, Vol. 708, c. 373.]

Letter of correction from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, the right hon. and learned Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Lucy Frazer):

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Ealing North (James Murray) at Report stage of the Finance (No. 2) Bill.

The correct response should have been:

[Lucy Frazer]

We have cut tax for low-income families by reducing the universal credit taper rate and increasing the work allowance, saving working families £1,000 a year.