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HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I have one clarification for the noble Baroness. The point was made that this is not a Second Reading, but it has also been recognised that the amendments to the…15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillI am simply asking whether that is the solution to resolving the problems that we face in terms of our disentanglement from the European Union’s lawmaking.15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I—15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillIndeed, so that is true. For once noble Lords are agreeing with me: this House is not representative of the feelings of the British public. Therefore, the Joint Committees of…15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord McLoughlin, is certainly correct that no legislation was forced on the UK by the EU. Indeed, many Ministers from all parties were happy to take…15 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I want very briefly to probe something. I may have got the wrong end of the stick, but I want to just ask about the recognised news publishers. The Minister’s…11 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe Minister mentioned “acute” examples of misinformation and used the example of the pandemic. I tried to illustrate that perhaps, with hindsight, what were seen as acute…11 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, for once, I am not entirely hostile to all these amendments—hurrah. In fact, I would rather have media literacy and education than regulation; that seems to me the…11 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I have given notice in this group that I believe Clause 139 should not stand part of the Bill. I want to remove the idea of Ofcom having any kind of advisory committee…11 May 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, I am very glad to be here, to hopefully see the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill fly through at last and become law. I am also pleased to see that some attempt…10 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, who explained well why I put my name to the amendments. I extend my regards to the noble Baroness, Lady…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this group of amendments looks at the treatment of legal content accessed by adults. The very fact that Parliament feels that legislation has a place in policing access…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI appreciate the Minister’s comments but, as I have tried to indicate, incitement to hatred and abuse, despite people thinking they know what those words mean, is causing huge…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillJust to clarify, in a way we have reduced this debate to whether the default position should be on or off, although in fact that is only one aspect of this. My concern, and what I…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillBefore the noble Baroness sits down, I wanted to ask for clarification, because I am genuinely confused. When it comes to political rights for adults in terms of their agency,…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, my Amendment 43 tackles Clause 12(1), which expressly says that the duties in Clause 12 are to “empower” users. My concern is to ensure that, first, users are empowered…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillOn that, in an earlier reply the Minister explained that platforms already remove harmful content because it is harmful and because advertisers and users do not like it, but could…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Buscombe, raised so many of the challenges that people face online, and I am sure that the masses who are watching parliamentlive…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I want, apart from anything else, to speak in defence of philosophical ruminations. The only way we can scrutinise the amendments in Committee is to do a bit of…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I understand that, for legislation to have any meaning, it has to have some teeth and you have to be able to enforce it; otherwise, it is a waste of time, especially…02 May 2023