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HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationI refute as firmly as possible any idea that DCMS is against protecting children; clearly, that could not be further from the truth. On the work that I know the noble Earl has…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationI respect the noble Baroness’s concern. I repeat that we believe that a more comprehensive approach will include social media, which, as the noble Baroness knows, is a channel…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationThe noble Lord is right that children are exposed to harmful pornography every day. I heard a statistic recently that half a million images are uploaded on to social media, I…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationI am glad that the noble Lord supports the duty of care approach, as set out in the online harms White Paper. I think all sides of the House can agree that a voluntary approach…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationI thank the right reverend Prelate for his question and the work he does in the Centre for Data Ethics, which clearly has an important role in this space. In relation to urgency,…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationMy noble friend raises a much wider issue about individual freedoms, which I am aware have been debated on many occasions in your Lordships’ House. The encouragement I offer him…17 Oct 2019HANSARDOnline Pornography: Age VerificationMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat as a Statement an Answer given in the other place earlier today by my honourable friend the Minister for Digital and…17 Oct 2019HANSARDBirmingham Commonwealth Games Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time, that the Bill be committed and reported from a Committee of the Whole House and that the Report be received pro forma.16 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismMy Lords, I would like to repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question in the other place on the subject of racism in football. The Answer was as follows:…15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismThe noble Lord is right that education is an important part of this, and it is included in some of the proposals the football authorities published in July, as well as improving…15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismThat was before my time, but I commend the noble Lord for the work he led in this area. I am happy to take away his suggestions and consider them. The Government have been active…15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismMy understanding is that my honourable friend the Minister is writing or has written to UEFA and is open to a meeting if that is what is requested.15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismI do not have a specific answer to my noble friend’s question, but I will inquire and write to her.15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismI thank the noble Lord for his reflections. Like him, we welcome the positive action that was taken so promptly by the Bulgarian Government last night and note the resignation of…15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismMy view is that one should always start with oneself; we can all play a part in that leadership. I hear the concern of both the noble and gallant Lord and the right reverend…15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismI thank the noble Lord. In response, I repeat the spirit of the comments made by my honourable friend in the other place. He is open to meetings and to supporting every effort in…15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismI think the Government and noble Lords are aware of the rise of far-right extremism. Sadly, that has certainly come through in statistics in our own country. We are working…15 Oct 2019HANSARDFootball: RacismThe Government have made it very clear how strongly they feel about these issues. We believe that the football authorities should be in the lead in delivering on this, but there…15 Oct 2019HANSARDMuseums and Galleries: Financial SustainabilityThe noble Lord is absolutely right that many of our national museums are housed in wonderful heritage buildings, but those buildings require constant upkeep, which is obviously…08 Oct 2019HANSARDMuseums and Galleries: Financial SustainabilityMy Lords, the 2017 Strategic Review of DCMS - sponsored Museums found that the national museums and galleries received £340 million in government grant in 2016-17—around 42% of…08 Oct 2019