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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful. It is an important point.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)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)The hon. Lady raises an important philosophical question that underpins much of the Bill’s architecture. All the measures are intended to strike a balance. Where there are things…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)There is a difference between random individuals posting stuff on Facebook, as opposed to content generated by what we have defined as a “recognised news publisher”. We will…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)Let me start by addressing the substance of the two amendments and then I will answer one or two of the questions that arose in the course of the debate. As Opposition Members…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I can see that that is the most popular thing I have said during the entire session—when you say, “And finally,” in a speech and the crowd cheers, you know you are in trouble.…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline 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)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)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 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)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 anticipate that the National Crime Agency will issue best practice guidance. A fair amount of information about the requirements will also be set out in the regulations that the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Digital StrategyI am pleased to lay before the House the UK’s Digital Strategy, a wide-reaching and inclusive statement of the Government’s vision for the future of the UK’s digital economy. The…13 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)As I said explicitly a few moments ago, the hon. Lady is right to point out the fact that the super-complaints process is to address systemic issues. She is right to say that, and…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I think the shadow Minister wanted to intervene, unless I have answered her point already.09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I should give way to the hon. Member for Aberdeen North first, and then I will come to the shadow Minister.09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)Let me develop the point before I give way. Our first line of defence is Ofcom enforcing the clause, but we have a couple of layers of additional defence. One of those is the…09 Jun 2022