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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones, I will speak in support of Amendments 195, 239, 263 and 286, to which he added his name. He wants me to thank the…25 May 2023HANSARDNew HospitalsMy Lords, when I worked in business we had a maxim that we should always try to undercommit and overdeliver as a way of pleasing clients. It feels like the opposite is applying…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI just want to react to the manifestos of mass shooters. While source material such the Bible is not in scope, I think the manifesto of a shooter is clear incitement to terrorism…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I rise to speak primarily to the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones, but I will also touch on Amendment 268AA at the same time. The amendments…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am pleased that the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, has given us an opportunity to talk about transparency reports with these amendments, which are potentially a…25 May 2023HANSARDBranded Health Service Medicines (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for his Motion, and for giving us an opportunity to debate a series of questions raised by the statutory instrument…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWill the review also cover an understanding of what has been happening in criminal cases where, in some of the examples that have been described, people have tried to take online…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am grateful to the noble Baroness. That is very helpful.25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am grateful for that intervention as well. That summarises the core questions that we have for the Minister. Of the three areas that we have for him, the first is the question…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will make a short contribution on this substantive question of whether concerns about ministerial overreach are legitimate. Based on a decade of being on the receiving…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI think it is actually quite important that there is—to use the language of the Bill—a risk assessment around the notion that people might game it. I thought the noble Baroness,…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 227 in particular. I am pleased to contribute, as someone who gave evidence to the Leveson inquiry, explaining why social media should not be in…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 232, as well as addressing issues raised more broadly by this group of amendments. I want to indicate support from these Benches for the…23 May 2023HANSARDHealth: Economic InactivityMy Lords, the data shows that there has been a significant and worrying increase in the number of people leaving work because of long-term illness and disability, and it is in…18 May 2023HANSARDPharmacies: Medicines at HomeMy Lords, the Government’s welcome plans for pharmacists to play a broader role in primary healthcare depend on there being pharmacies present in every area of the country, yet we…17 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt has let me know as well. In a way, the amendment seeks to formalise what is already an informal mechanism. I was minded initially to support Amendment 56 in the name of my…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillFollowing our earlier discussion, we were going to have a response on super-complaints. I am curious to understand whether we had a pattern of complaints—such as those the noble…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillFrom experience, I think it is true that companies get defensive and seek to defend the indefensible on occasion. I agree with the noble Baroness on that, but I will balance it a…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I had to miss a few sessions of the Committee but I am now back until the end. I remind fellow Members of my interests: I worked for one of the largest platforms for a…16 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am pleased that we have an opportunity, in this group of amendments, to talk about suicide and self-harm content, given the importance of it. It is important to set…16 May 2023