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Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Committee (1st Day) (17 June 2013)

Baroness Cumberlege: ...to bring to the noble Baroness’s attention the case of Adrian Smith, the housing officer who was demoted by a housing authority for expressing the view, in his own time and on his personal Facebook page, that same-sex marriage was an equality too far; and to that of Brian Ross, the police chaplain who was forced out of his job for stating his opposition to the same-sex marriage...

Economy: Culture and the Arts — Motion to Take Note (13 June 2013)

Baroness Sharp of Guildford: .... Increasingly, many of the things that we create are transient. We are corresponding, not by letter—which can be kept these days—but by e-mail. We record notable events on YouTube or on Facebook. We gather information from websites. The preservation of our digital presence is an increasing part of conservation, and a great problem posed to the British Library, which, for...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Protecting Children Online (12 June 2013) See 5 other results from this debate

Geraint Davies: Google, Facebook and Twitter are the new gateways for abuse and pornography—Google historically so. Google has donated £1 million, but it is important that such enormous companies pay their tax and take their responsibilities. I was interested to hear the comments of my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Jenny Chapman) about the appalling death of one of her constituents and...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: World Environment Day (12 June 2013)

Richard Benyon: ...Resources Action programme to develop a coordinated social media response to World Environment Day. This included the creation of a food waste infographic that was distributed through Twitter and Facebook. DEFRA also produced a factsheet, with the help of the Office for National Statistics, the devolved administrations and relevant arm's-length bodies, which is available at:...

Government Communications Headquarters — Statement (10 June 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: ...;within the UK”, what is within the UK is a great deal less clear than it was a few years ago. For all I know, the server which might hold the noble Lord’s private information from his Facebook account could be in Washington state—possibly even in southern China. Therefore, we are moving away from the ability to handle some of these issues entirely within the framework of...

Written Answers — Health: Organs: Donors (10 June 2013)

Anna Soubry: ...activity in collaboration with the wider transplant community under the theme of "Pass it On". Through a range of events, case studies, media engagement and the use of social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter, the campaign will encourage individuals to tell loved ones about their donation wishes and to raise awareness of the issue of organ donation and motivate people to sign up to...

Written Answers — Home Department: Social Networking: Incitement (6 June 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has held with (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) other social media providers on measures to remove hate speech from their platforms; and what steps (i) her Department and (ii) social media providers have taken as a consequence of those discussions.

Burma — Question for Short Debate (5 June 2013)

Baroness Berridge: ...is almost certainly a racial dimension as well. There is mention made in news reports such as in the Guardian in April 2013 that Wirathu’s teachings have large followings on YouTube and Facebook, but does the Minister know if these followings are in Burma as well? I join with the noble Lord, Lord Alton, in congratulating the BBC World Service for being the first international news...

Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Social Media (Abusive Communications) (4 June 2013)

Andrew Griffiths: My constituent Jordan Agar died tragically the day after his 16th birthday in a motorbike accident. Tragically, his mother was then contacted by a fake Facebook profile set up in Jordan’s name with messages such as “Don’t worry mum, I’m not dead. I’ve just run away.” When apprehended, the 21-year-old culprit was given a caution; having once remained...

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading (Continued) (3 June 2013)

Lord Singh of Wimbledon: ...beliefs to either compromise those beliefs or lose their jobs. This has already happened to people like Adrian Smith, who was demoted and had his pay cut by 40% for saying—on his personal Facebook, in his own time—that gay marriages in churches would be an equality too far. This is an ill thought-through measure that seeks to destroy a basic fundamental institution of society...

Local Audit and Accountability Bill [HL]: Second Reading (22 May 2013)

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill: ...I, as chairman, had to answer, even though I am not a member of the administration. The audit committee sessions are often recorded on video by these members of the public and appear on their blog sites, Facebook and the like. I must tell your Lordships that I find this a great benefit because it is actually challenging and brings transparency, however much at times it might seem...

Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Avoidance (21 May 2013)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received from Google, Amazon and Facebook in respect of plans to take forward new measures to increase financial transparency.

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 1 — Education Act 1996 (20 May 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Andrew Selous: ...officer who then worked for a housing association and was very well thought of. He served everyone, regardless of their situation, but he lost his job because of private remarks on his private Facebook page, and he is now doing charitable work in Africa because his job was taken away from him. The hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (Catherine McKinnell) said in her excellent...

Dangerous Dogs and Jade Lomas Anderson (15 May 2013)

Julie Hilling: ...that she was beautiful, kind and a very good friend. She was the life and soul at family parties and was always first on the dance floor. She always had time to help and support other people. Her Facebook status said she was “in a relationship”, and her 13-year-old boyfriend Josh said that “she was beautiful and wouldn’t hurt a fly”. Jade had started at her...

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013)

Christopher Pincher: ...copy knowhow than buy it. I hope that the measures will help my constituent Mr Ken Clayton, a photographer who fears that changes proposed, he says, by civil servants will mean that photographs on Facebook and on BBC websites will be automatically stripped of their metadata and will become “orphan works”. As a result, he says, “individuals and companies will be free to...

Home Affairs (9 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Helen Goodman: ...and monopolistic. In each technology there are a small number of players, some of which are very large and some of which are vertically integrated. Many of the operators are international and foreign-owned. For example, last year Facebook floated for £100 billion. That is larger than nine European economies. Vodafone has a market capitalisation greater than that of BP. There are only...

Girls and Ict Careers (24 April 2013)

Elizabeth Truss: ...a crucial area for the economy, and one where we need to increase the number of people, particularly women, who have relevant IT skills. Earlier today I attended a “hackathon” event at Facebook headquarters, where 80 talented young coders from around the world were developing applications for social learning, and I am pleased to say that there was a good representation of young...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Children: Cyber Safety (22 April 2013)

Lord Nash: ...magazine, which is distributed to thousands of parents and which contains practical "how to" guides on setting up parental controls and privacy settings on a range of services such as Xbox and Facebook, and Childnet's "Know it all" set of resources which has specific resource for parents. UKCCIS Ministers continue to press industry to do more-for example, asking internet service providers...

Obstetric and Paediatric Services (East Sussex) (18 April 2013)

Stephen Lloyd: ...to thank two local mums in particular. Selene Edwards and Amelia West, alongside the Save the DGH campaign group, are working hard to protect local services and in a matter of weeks have both set up Facebook groups with over 8,500 members between them. Such community involvement is bringing the town together to fight the changes. I shall now conclude. The Minister is, of course, free to...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Consular Strategy 2013-16 (18 April 2013)

William Hague: ...array of ways to stay in touch on these issues, including email updates of the FCO’s country-specific travel advice or by following FCO on social media. Around 125 of our overseas posts have Facebook pages and over 100 posts have Twitter accounts that are used to communicate changes to travel advice. Not only will the public be able to access FCO travel advice online at any time but...