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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)We welcome clause 77, which is an important clause that seeks to amend Ofcom’s existing general duties in the Communications Act 2003. Given the prevalence of illegal harms…16 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 127, in clause 69, page 60, line 26, after “must” insert— “within six months of this Act being passed”. As ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your…16 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I echo the comments of the hon. Member for Aberdeen North. I completely agree with everything she has just said and I support the amendments that she has tabled. The Minister…16 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I completely agree. Those safeguards are in place for that very reason. It seems a major omission that they are not also included in the Online Safety Bill if we are truly to save…16 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Eleventh sitting)I completely agree with my hon. Friend. The evidence we heard from Danny Stone from the Antisemitism Policy Trust clearly outlined the real-world harm that legal but harmful…16 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister mentions workers in the UK. I am a proud member of the Labour party and a proud trade unionist; we have strong protections for workers in the UK. There is a reason…16 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 35, in clause 104, page 88, line 39, leave out “prevalence” and insert “presence”. This amendment requires that Ofcom considers the presence of relevant…16 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Labour does not oppose the intention of the clause. It is important to define “search content” in order to understand the responsibilities that fall within search services’…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)Clause 68 outlines the duties covering regulated provider pornographic content, and Ofcom’s guidance on those duties. Put simply, the amendments are about age verification and…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)With your permission, Ms Rees, I will speak to clause 52 before coming to amendment 61. Illegal content is defined in clause 52(2) as “content that amounts to a relevant offence.”…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Before I address the amendments, I will speak to clause 49 more broadly. Labour has concerns about a number of subsections of the clause, including subsections (2), and (8) to…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I agree with the hon. Member and welcome her intervention. We will be discussing these issues time and again during our proceedings. What is becoming even more apparent is the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)As we have said previously, it is absolutely right that Ofcom produces guidance for providers of category 1 services to assist with their compliance with the duty. We very much…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I have some brief comments on the clause. The Labour party very much welcomes the addition to user verification duties in the revised Bill. A range of groups, including Clean Up…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s comments on the time that these things would take. I cannot see how they could not happen succinctly along with the current consultation, and why…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I completely agree with my hon. Friend. As parliamentarians we are seen as experts in an array of fields. I do not purport to be an expert in all things, as it is more a jack of…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)We all know that managing harmful content, unlike illegal content, is more about implementing systems that prevent people from encountering it rather than removing it entirely. At…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 62, in clause 55, page 52, line 4, after “OFCOM” insert “and other stakeholders, including organisations that campaign for the removal of harmful content…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)Just for clarity, the hon. Member for Don Valley and the Minister have said that Labour Members are seeking to curtail or tighten freedom of expression and freedom of speech, but…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way; I think that is what he was doing as he sat down.14 Jun 2022