Asked by: Becky Gittins (Labour - Clwyd East)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle intimate image abuse online.
Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Tackling intimate image abuse, and violence against women and girls, is a priority for this government.
We made changes to the Online Safety Act to strengthen online platforms’ duties for intimate image abuse.
These broadened the scope of intimate image abuse that providers need to address under the Act.
The Government’s manifesto included a commitment to ban the creation of sexually explicit deepfakes. We are working to identify the most appropriate legislative vehicle for this change.
Asked by: Becky Gittins (Labour - Clwyd East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that all consumers are given access to financial services advice.
Answered by Tulip Siddiq
The Government is committed to ensuring that consumers can access high-quality, affordable and suitable financial advice, as well as free-to-access financial guidance, when they need it.
HM Treasury works closely with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the independent regulator of the financial advice market, to ensure that this market works well, competitively and fairly for both firms and consumers.
The Government also sponsors the Money and Pensions Service to provide free, impartial money and pensions guidance directly to consumers online and by telephone.
However, the Government recognises that there are challenges around the cost and availability of financial support.
To address this, the Government and FCA are conducting a joint review of the regulatory boundary between financial advice and guidance, with the objective of improving access to helpful support whilst maintaining strong protections for consumers.