Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 58566

Agricultural Machinery: Sales

Tabled: 10 June 2025

Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle fake adverts for the sale of farm machinery.

Answer

Feryal Clark

Under the Online Safety Act, user-to-user services and search services in scope must respectively prevent and minimise illegal fraudulent content from appearing on their platforms and swiftly remove it if it does. Services designated as Category 1 or 2A (...

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