Written questions by Gittins.

Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help prevent the sale of counterfeit goods online.

The Government is committed to protecting intellectual property rights, safeguarding businesses and consumers from those who profit from infringement, in line with the UK’s Intellectual Property Counter Infringement Strategy.The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) leads action against serious and organised IP crime online, including disrupting websites selling counterfeit goods.The Intellectual Property Office also regularly meets many of the major social media and e-commerce trading platforms in the UK and overseas to help ensure they have policies in place to remove goods identified as counterfeit, advertisements of counterfeit goods, and persistent sellers of counterfeit goods.

Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to tackle intimate image abuse online.

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.