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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Is that a rhetorical question?21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I think that is probably a good place to leave my comments. I can offer public testimony of my hon. Friend’s tenacity in pursuing this issue. I ask the hon. Member for Batley and…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The progress that the campaign has made, with the clear commitment from the Government that we are going to legislate for a specific epilepsy trolling offence, is a huge step…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Or perhaps it is.21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Yes. Just to be clear, in no world will a new law pass by the summer recess. However, I can say that the Government are committed, unequivocally, to there being a new offence in…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Representations have been made by the three Members here that epilepsy deserves its own stand-alone offence, and the Government have just agreed to do that, so take that as a win.…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I think the Committee, and the House, are pretty unanimous in agreeing that the power to make super-complaints is important. As we have discussed, there are all kinds of groups,…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Amendment 112 is clearly very important. As my hon. Friend the Member for Watford pointed out, I have already said that I believe that clause 150 goes a long way to address the…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I welcome the shadow Minister’s support for this review clause, which is important. I will not add to her comments. Question put and agreed to . Clause 149 accordingly ordered to…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I could not possibly add to that exceptionally eloquent description. Question put and agreed to . Clause 148 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill . Clause 149 Review…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)We are introducing a new, groundbreaking regime, and we are trying to strike a balance between the need for regulatory independence of Ofcom and appropriate roles for Parliament…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Yes, definitely. That is the idea of an eligible entity, which could seek to represent a particular demographic, such as children or people from a particular marginalised group,…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clearly, we want the super-complaint function to be as effective as possible and for groups of relevant people, users or members of the public to be able to be represented by an…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clearly, resourcing of the upper tribunal is a matter decided jointly by the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice, in consultation with the Lord Chief Justice,…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The shadow Minister has set out the purpose of the clauses, which provide for, in clause 138 appeal rights for decisions relating to registration under clause 81, and in clause…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I have spoken to these points previously, so I do not want to tax the Committee’s patience by repeating what I have said. Question put and agreed to. Clause 135 accordingly…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I have nothing further to add. Question put and agreed to. Clause 146 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 147 Secretary of State’s guidance Question proposed ,…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Would the hon. Lady not agree that in all those examples—including TikTok and leading people down dark paths—the conditions in subsection (2) would be met? The examples she has…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)That is obviously an operational matter for Ofcom. We would encourage it to do as much as possible. We encouraged it through our media literacy strategy, and it published an…21 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Let me start by addressing the point that was raised by the hon. Member for Aberdeen North on Ofcom’s power to issue media literacy advice of its own volition, which is the…21 Jun 2022