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Written question asked by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Monday, 9 March 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 11 March 2020. It was answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury (Conservative) on Friday, 13 March 2020 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Fishing Catches: Software

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who (a) requested and (b) authorised the removal from the Government Digital Services website of the original published report of the Record your catches beta assessment and its replacement with an edited version on 12 February 2020.

Answer

Following concerns raised from the public about the wording used within the report, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) contacted the Government Digital Service (GDS) to request that this was removed from their website. An amended version removing the content causing offence was then published at the request of the MMO.

The wording used within the original report comes from independent research undertaken during the initial process of developing the catch recording app. It does not reflect the views of the MMO, Defra or GDS.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
26964
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Software Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Fishing catches Internet
Link
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