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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I too thank my noble friend the Minister for tabling Amendment 1, to which I add my support. Very briefly, I want to highlight one word in it, to add to what the noble…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMay I attempt to assist the Minister? This is the “amber” point described by the noble Lord, Lord Allan: “priority content” is not the same as “primary priority content”. Priority…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am not entirely sure how to begin, but I will try to make the points I was going to make. First, I would like to respond to a couple of the things said by the noble…06 Jul 2023HANSARDNHS Long-term Workforce PlanMy Lords, I too thank and commend my noble friend the Minister, the Secretary of State and the leadership of the NHS for producing an extremely good plan. It is historic, not…04 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I support this group of amendments. I pay tribute to the families who I see are watching us as we debate this important group. I also pay tribute to my noble friend Lady…22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I, too, support Amendments 233 and 234, and Amendment 233A, from the noble Lord, Lord Allan. As the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, said, it has been made clear in the past…22 Jun 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to a thought-provoking and, I suspect, longer debate than we had anticipated. At Second Reading, I think we were all taken…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am sorry to interrupt, but I will make a clarification; the noble Baroness is misinterpreting what I said. I was actually quoting the godfather of AI and his concerns that we…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThat is exactly the same issue with child sexual abuse images—it is about the way in which criminal law is written. Not surprisingly, it is not up to date with evolution of…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I rise to introduce this group. On Tuesday in Committee, I said that having reached day 8 of the Committee we had all found our roles; now, I find myself in a different…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillCan my noble friend the Minister clarify what he has just said? When he appeared in front of the Communications and Digital Committee, I think he might have been road-testing some…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I also failed to stand up before the noble Lord, Lord Allan, did. I too am always slightly nervous to speak before or after him for fear of not having the detailed…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI hope that what the noble Baroness is alluding to is that we need to include gatekeepers, app stores, device level and sideloading in another part of the Bill.23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, on day eight of Committee, I feel that we have all found our role. Each of us has spoken in a similar vein on a number of amendments, so I will try to be brief. As the…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it is always somewhat intimidating to follow the noble Lord, Lord Allan, though it is wonderful to have him back from his travels. I too will speak in favour of…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate because I now need to declare an unusual interest, in that Amendment 38A has been widely supported outside this Chamber by my…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I too will be very brief. As a member of the Communications and Digital Committee, I just wanted to speak in support of my noble friend Lady Stowell of Beeston and her…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I support these amendments. We are in the process of having a very important debate, both in the previous group and in this one. I came to this really important subject…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, can I ask him whether his comments make it even more important that we have a clear and unambiguous definition of age assurance and age…02 May 2023