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| + | The [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]]<ref name=":5">Brazier, Rodney (1997). Ministers of the Crown. Clarendon Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-19-825988-3.</ref> is the lowest of three tiers of [[Minister (government)|government minister]] in the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]], immediately junior to a [[Minister of State]], which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.<ref name="Cabinet manual">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60641/cabinet-manual.pdf </ref> | ||
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| + | When [[James Brokenshire]] had this job 2011-2014, he was responsible for updating plans to tackle "terror content" online, by "ordering broadband companies to block extremist websites and empower a specialist unit to identify and report content deemed too dangerous for online publication."<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210506025750/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/27/ministers-order-isps-block-terrorist-websites</ref> | ||
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The British Under-Secretary of State for Crime and Security is a junior minister in the British cabinet.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State[1] is the lowest of three tiers of government minister in the UK government, immediately junior to a Minister of State, which is itself junior to a Secretary of State.[2]
When James Brokenshire had this job 2011-2014, he was responsible for updating plans to tackle "terror content" online, by "ordering broadband companies to block extremist websites and empower a specialist unit to identify and report content deemed too dangerous for online publication."[3]
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References
- ↑ Brazier, Rodney (1997). Ministers of the Crown. Clarendon Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-19-825988-3.
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60641/cabinet-manual.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210506025750/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/27/ministers-order-isps-block-terrorist-websites
