Oral Answers to Questions

Adam Afriyie Excerpts

Monday 4th May 2020 Commons Chamber

[Chloe Smith]

I hope I can give my hon. Friend such reassurance. I am particularly grateful to the devolved Administrations, and in this case the Welsh Government, for their co-operation, and we will continue to work with them in responding to the pandemic. That is in the interests of all our citizens. We respect the competence of the devolved Administrations in issues such as health and, where appropriate, we will seek a four-nations approach.

[Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con)]

What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to prevent false information on covid-19 spreading online.

[The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Chloe Smith) [V]]

Misleading information about coronavirus, whether it is maliciously intended or not, could cost lives. The work to tackle false information is led by our colleagues in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport across all of Government. We are also working closely with social media platforms to help them to remove dangerous incorrect claims about the virus and promoting steps that everyone can take to reduce the spread of false information.

[Adam Afriyie [V]]

[Inaudible.]

[Mr Speaker]

We will move on. I call Minister Mercer who is going to take a question tabled by James Sunderland.