| Heading: |
Public Health: Disinformation |
| Question ID: |
1796583 |
| UIN: |
HL6789 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3862 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Grey-Thompson
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| Asking Member handle: |
Tanni_GT
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Tanni_GT
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of health misinformation amplified by poor media literacy on public health decision-making. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
The Department has not made a specific assessment of the impact of health misinformation on public health decision making, but recognises the importance of accurate health information being available to the public and of preventing misinformation.The Depa... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |