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HANSARDOnline Safety BillWe need to see the UNCRC included in the Bill. The convention is never opened up again, and how it makes itself relevant to the modern world is through the general comments; that…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillJust to add to what the noble Lord has said, it is worth noting that we had a debate, on Amendment 92, about aligning the age-appropriate design code likely to be accessed and the…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI apologise for interrupting. Is that the case, and could that not be dealt with by defining harm in the way that it is intended, rather than as harm from any source whatever? It…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I support all the amendments in this group, and will make two very brief points. Before I do, I believe that those who are arguing for safety by design and to put harms…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Ritchie, in her search to make it clear that we do not need to take a proportionate approach to pornography. I would be delighted if…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I support something between the amendments of the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson and Lord Bethell, and the Government. I welcome all three and put on record my thanks to…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI ask the Committee to have a level of imagination here because I have been asked to read the speech of the noble Viscount, Lord Colville—27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI thank all the speakers. There were some magnificent speeches and I do not really want to pick out any particular ones, but I cannot help but say that the right reverend Prelate…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI agree that content, although unfathomable to the outside world, is defined as the Minister says. However, does that mean that when we see that “primary priority content harmful…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillLet us leave it there.27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will answer the noble Baroness more completely when I wind up, but I just want to say that she is missing the point of the schedule a little. Like her, I am concerned about the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe report found—I will not give a direct quotation—that social media contributed to the death of Molly Russell, so it was the court’s judgment, not mine, that Meta’s position was…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this amendment and Amendments 74, 93 and 123 are part of a larger group that have been submitted as a package loosely referred to as the AV and harms package. They have…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am sorry to intrude, but I must say now on the record that I was speaking on my own behalf. The complication of measuring and those particular things are terribly important to…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI beg the pardon of the Committee. I asked about it and was misinformed; I will do as the noble Baroness says. The noble Viscount, Lord Colville, is unable to be with us. He put…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI support these amendments, which were set out wonderfully by the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson. I want to raise a point made on Tuesday when the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, said…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWhile the Minister is reflecting, I note that the words “best endeavours” are always a bit of a worry. The noble Lord, Lord Allan, made the good point that once it is on your…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillNo one in the Committee or anyone standing behind us who speaks up for children thinks that this is going to be a silver bullet. It is unacceptable to suggest that we take that…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI want to take advantage of the noble Baroness having raised that point to say that perhaps I was not clear enough in my speech. While I absolutely agree about not everything,…27 Apr 2023