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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Given that the clause is clearly uncontentious, I will be extremely brief.14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I have made clear how we expect the clause to be used. I am slightly hesitant to be more categorical simply because I do not want to make comments that might unduly bind a future…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)My right hon. Friend raises a good question. In fact, I was about to come on to the safeguards that exist to address some of the concerns that have been raised this morning. Let…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Good morning, Ms Rees; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again. The SNP spokesman and the shadow Minister have already explained what these provisions do, which is…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I will answer the questions in reverse order. The list of harms will not be in the Bill. The amendment seeks to put one of the harms in the Bill but not the others. So no, it will…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)The work of the counter-disinformation unit is valuable. We look at these things on a spending review by spending review basis, and as far as I am aware we intend to continue with…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I am very happy to reply to the various queries that have been made. I will start with the points on vaccine disinformation raised by the hon. Members for Ochil and South…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Member is asking me a somewhat technical question, and I hesitate to answer without taking full advice, but I think the answer is yes. The reason that loot boxes are not…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady is correct in her analysis, I can confirm. Rather similar to the previous point, because of the interaction with freedom of the press—the argument that the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I can provide my hon. Friend with that reassurance on the exceptional circumstances point. The Joint Committee report was delivered in December, approximately six months ago. It…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Let me just finish this point and then I will give way. The shadow SNP spokesman, the hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire, asked about the Government listening and…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I am afraid it was not me that cited new information. It was my hon. Friend the Member for Watford who said he had had further discussions with Ministers. I am delighted to hear…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for thinking about that so carefully. I look forward to her amendment. For my information, which clause does her amendment seek to amend?14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful. It is an important point.14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his service on the Joint Committee. I heard the representations of my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke about a Joint Committee, and I have…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Batley and Spen for her speech. There is agreement across the House, in this Committee and in the Joint Committee that the commitment to having a free…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I made general comments about clause 50 during the debate on amendment 107; I will not try the Committee’s patience by repeating them, but I believe that in them, I addressed some…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)As always, the right hon. Lady makes an incredibly powerful point. She asked specifically about whether the Bill is a suitable legislative vehicle in which to implement any Law…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Just to help the Committee, what is it in clause 52(9) that is unclear or ambiguous?14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)It is, as always, a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. The hon. Member for Ochil and South Perthshire made an observation in passing about the…14 Jun 2022