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HANSARD Online Safety BillMy right hon. Friend raises a very good question. As well as having a named individual with criminal liability for the supplying of information, should there be somebody who is…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillThe hon. Member makes an important point. Baroness Kidron’s amendment has been referred to; I anticipate that future amendments in the House of Lords will also seek to address the…05 Dec 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI thank the right hon. Lady for that information. Let me move on to the debate about encryption, which my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden has mentioned. I…05 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ4. Criminal gangs who are operating to bring people into this country in small boats—an issue that directly affects my constituents of Folkestone and Hythe—are openly using…09 Nov 2022HANSARD Online HarmsI will just touch on a couple of other points that have been raised. My hon. Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness (Simon Fell) and other Members raised the point about the…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. This is my first appearance as a Minister in Westminster Hall, and your first appearance in the Chair, so we are both…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsWrap it up in the next—26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsI am grateful to my hon. Friend. The answer is yes, absolutely. It was always the case with the Bill that illegal content, including fraud, was in scope. The question in the…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsAs the hon. Lady knows, I cannot speak to the business of the House. What I would say is that the Department has worked tirelessly to ensure the safe passage of the Bill. We want…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsAs the hon. Lady knows, I can speak to the Bill; I cannot speak to the business of the House—that is a matter for the business managers in the usual way. Department officials—some…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsI would like to touch on some of the other issues that have been raised in the debate. The hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) and others made the point about smaller,…26 Oct 2022HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for over 75s) BillJust to confirm for the record that it was, of course, the BBC’s decision to end free television licences for the over-75s. It was ultimately the BBC’s decision.21 Oct 2022HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for over 75s) BillThe BBC agreed to a financial settlement with the previous Government that provided transitional funding, after which the BBC would take on responsibility. That was always the…21 Oct 2022HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for over 75s) BillI thank my hon. Friend for what he has said, but, for the record, I am not the Secretary of State, although I am a Minister in the Department.21 Oct 2022HANSARDBBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for over 75s) BillIn the short time I have, I will address the concessionary licence fee for the over-75s and provide the necessary context for a range of relevant issues, including the BBC’s…21 Oct 2022HANSARDTechnology Platforms: Transparency and AccountabilityThe Government are driving forward a digital regulatory approach that unlocks growth and boosts trust. As part of that, we are taking steps to improve transparency and…20 Oct 2022HANSARDTechnology Platforms: Transparency and AccountabilityAbsolutely. I agree with my right hon. Friend: it is really important that big tech platforms are transparent and accountable to their users in their terms of service for how they…20 Oct 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportOn the amendments that the former Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), spoke to, the word “consistently” has not been removed from the text. There…21 Jul 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportIf something is illegal offline, it is illegal online as well. There are priority areas where the company must proactively look for that. There are also non-priority areas where…21 Jul 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportIf something is illegal offline, it is illegal online as well. There are priority areas where the company must proactively look for that. There are also non-priority areas where…21 Jul 2022