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Oral Answers to Questions

Luke Hall Excerpts
Wednesday 15th June 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Luke Hall Portrait Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate) (Con)
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T4. This Government have a responsibility to ensure that their citizens are safe online. Will my right hon. Friend update the House on what progress he is making in developing the 2016 national cyber-security strategy?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matthew Hancock
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Cyber-security is incredibly important, especially as we increasingly deliver digital government. The national cyber-security strategy ran up to 2016. The new strategy is underpinned by investment of £1.9 billion—almost double the funding—and we will publish the strategy later this year.