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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I appreciate that. That is key, and I am glad that this is wider than just users of the site. However, taking Reddit as an example, I am not signed up to that site, but I could…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I wanted to ask specifically about the resourcing of Ofcom, given the abilities that it will have under this clause. Will Ofcom have enough resource to be able to be that…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I want to raise an additional point about content reporting and complaints procedures. I met with representatives of Mencap yesterday, who raised the issue of the accessibility of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I absolutely agree. I certainly do not think I am suggesting that the bigger platforms such as Twitter and Facebook will reduce their reporting mechanisms as a result of how the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventh sitting)I will talk about this later, when we come to a subsequent clause to which I have tabled some amendments—I should have tabled some to this clause, but unfortunately missed the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Eighth sitting)I have a quick question about timelines because I am slightly confused about the order in which everything will happen. It is unlikely that the Bill will have been through the…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Eighth sitting)In terms of the secondary processes that kick in after the AI has scanned the data, I assume it will be up to Ofcom and the provider to discuss what happens then. Once the AI…09 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the Minister stress again that in this clause specifically he is talking about facilitating any presence? That is the wording that he has just used. Can he clarify exactly…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)On the topic of child abuse images, the hon. Member spoke earlier about livestreaming and those images not being captured. I assume that she would make the same point in relation…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Sixth sitting)The amendment specifically mentions the level and rates of those images. I did not quite manage to follow through all the things that the Minister just spoke about, but does the…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)Thank you, Sir Roger, for chairing our sittings. It is a pleasure to be part of this Bill Committee. I have a couple of comments on clause 2 and more generally. The Opposition…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)rose —07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)Absolutely.07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)Thank you, Sir Roger. I do not want to get sidetracked, but I agree that there is a major parental knowledge gap. Tomorrow’s parents will have grown up on the internet, so in 20…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)A number of people have raised concerns about freedom of speech in relation to end-to-end encryption. Does the right hon. Lady agree with me that, there should not be freedom of…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I want to make a couple of brief comments. Unfortunately, my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire is not here as, ironically, he is at the DCMS committee taking…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)Thank you, Sir Roger, for allowing me to intervene again. I was not expecting the standing committee issue to be brought up at this point, but I agree that there needs to be a…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I completely agree. Having sat on several Select Committees, I am aware of the tight timescales. There are not enough hours in the day for Select Committees to do everything that…07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)I do not intend to speak to this specific point, but I wholeheartedly agree and will be happy to back amendment 69, should the hon. Lady press it to a vote.07 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Fifth sitting)Will the Minister give way?07 Jun 2022