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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)On that point, when it comes to definition of content, we have tabled an amendment about “any other content”. I am not convinced that the definition of content adequately covers…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I will let the Minister know in a moment.14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)The amendment that the Minister is asking about is to clause 189, which states: “‘content’ means anything communicated by means of an internet service, whether publicly or…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)That is helpful for understanding the rationale, but in the light of how people communicate online these days, although exempting telephone conversations makes sense, exempting…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I have a couple of questions that were probably too long for interventions. The Minister said that if comments on a site are the only user-generated content, they are not in…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Ninth sitting)I do not intend to make a speech, but I want to let the hon. Lady know that we wholeheartedly support everything that she has said on the clause and amendment 61.14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for tabling the amendments. In the evidence sessions, we heard about omissions in schedule 7 from not having Northern Irish and Scottish offences included.…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I appreciate that the Minister thinks that there are other measures that cover this offence, but will he keep it under consideration going forward? I do not think that that is too…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)Can my hon. Friend see any reason—I am baffled by this—why the Government would leave out human trafficking? Can he imagine any justification that the Minister could possibly have…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I have a couple of questions for the Minister. The first is about the interaction of subsection (4)(c) and subsection (5). I am slightly confused about how that, because…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)However, I do not think that loot boxes even existed in 2005 when that Act was published. Loot boxes are gambling. They may not be covered by that legislation, but they are…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)Having played lots of games, I can clarify that people do not know what they are getting with a loot box, so they are putting money forward but do not know whether they will get a…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)Given the Government’s ability to designate priority content and primary priority content through secondary legislation, the Minister is telling me that if they decided that loot…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his clarification earlier and his explanation of how the categories of primary priority content and priority content can be updated. That was helpful.…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)The right hon. Lady’s speech inspired me to stand up and mention a couple of things. My first question is about using empowerment around this clause. The clause applies only to…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I appreciate that clarification. I just wanted to make it absolutely clear that I strongly believe that anonymity is a very good protection, not just for people who intend to do…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I am glad that clause 60 will be in the Bill and that there will be a duty to report to the NCA. On subsection (3), though, I would like the Minister to clarify that if the…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I have a specific question—the Minister answered a similar question from me earlier. The Bill says that the location of the child “is” in the UK. Would it be reasonable to expect…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I associate myself with the comments made by the hon. Member for Pontypridd and apologise on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire, who is currently…14 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)I support the hon. Member’s amendments. The cases that she mentions hammer home the need for women and girls to be mentioned in the Bill. I do not understand how the Government…14 Jun 2022