Contributions
1,277 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDBiocidal Products: Hand and Body WashesMy Lords, biocides are a broad group of chemicals that include preservatives vital for ensuring the shelf life of cosmetic products. Preservatives proposed for use in cosmetics…16 Oct 2024HANSARDBiocidal Products: Hand and Body WashesThe noble Baroness makes an important point about the marketing of some of these products. There are requirements, under the cosmetic regulation requirements, to make sure that…16 Oct 2024HANSARDBiocidal Products: Hand and Body WashesThe noble Baroness makes an important point about education. We have already established that we need to keep the regulatory framework on these products under review, particularly…16 Oct 2024HANSARDBiocidal Products: Hand and Body WashesI hope that they have, because I asked them to look at it—so let us assume that they have done. This is a fast-moving area. We have a Private Member’s Bill coming up, and we will…16 Oct 2024HANSARDMedical Product LiabilityAs I say, this is a matter for our colleagues in the Department of Health and I know that they will be taking these concerns into account. For the time being, all I can say is…16 Oct 2024HANSARDMedical Product LiabilityMy Lords, our sympathies remain with those affected by faulty medical devices, and I pay tribute to the campaigners on these issues. The UK product liability legislation has been…16 Oct 2024HANSARDMedical Product LiabilityMy Lords, I understand that my noble friend Lady Merron is planning to engage with those groups representing the patients who have been affected and to follow up on The Hughes…16 Oct 2024HANSARDMedical Product LiabilityMy Lords, we very much welcome the appointment of Dr Henrietta Hughes as the Patient Safety Commissioner. We have been looking at the details of her work and hope to come back in…16 Oct 2024HANSARDMedical Product LiabilityMy Lords, we have already done considerable work on this, and I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Cumberlege, for her original work on this, as well as now to the Patient…16 Oct 2024HANSARDMedical Product LiabilityThe Government are reviewing our product liability law but, as I say, making those changes requires primary legislation. Before we do that, we will consult all the appropriate…16 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewMy Lords, the review is looking at this important area of work within its terms of reference, and obviously, we are very interested in its recommendations. I say to the noble…14 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewMy Lords, the work of the independent pornography review is an important area of interest to this Government. The review, commissioned in December 2023, will assess the…14 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewThe noble Lord is quite right about that. However, I reassure him that Ofcom has robust enforcement powers that will be available to use against companies that do not fulfil their…14 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewI thank the noble Baroness for her continuing interest in this issue and her campaigning work. The Government have already put forward secondary legislation to ensure that the new…14 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewThe noble Lord is absolutely right. The scale of violent images featuring women and girls in our country is intolerable, and this Government will treat it as the national…14 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewI thank my noble friend for her question. We are absolutely determined to keep children safe online and to use the Online Safety Act to provide protection across all the…14 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewWe are working with Ofcom on the requirement to introduce age-appropriate protections. A number of businesses are already beginning to do that, as I am sure the noble Lord knows.…14 Oct 2024HANSARDIndependent Pornography ReviewThe noble Lord raises an important point. Where nudification apps and other material do not come under the remit of the Online Safety Act, we will look at other legislative tools…14 Oct 2024HANSARDElectronic Media: False InformationMy Lords, the Online Safety Act will be our key tool in combating online misinformation and disinformation. It sets out a regulatory framework to tackle misinformation and…12 Sept 2024HANSARDElectronic Media: False InformationMy Lords, all this information will be detailed in the Ofcom guidance to be published in due course. This includes not only illegal harms but all the other issues under the…12 Sept 2024