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HANSARDOnline Safety BillCan the Minister confirm that the fact that a direction has been made will always be known to the public, even if the substance of it is not because it is withheld under the…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillAs I opened up that question, just to be clear, I was saying that it is exactly right that an individual user would not be covered, but I was trying to suggest that a social…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I want to bring the tone of the debate down somewhat to talk about government Amendments 158 and 161 in a rather nerdier fashion. I hope that the House will be patient…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, these seem very sensible amendments. I am curious about why they have arrived only at this stage, given this was a known problem and that the Bill has been drafted over…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I shall follow on directly from some of the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, around privacy. I shall not repeat the arguments around children and pornography…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI agree; that is very helpful. I think Amendments 74, 93 and 99 also talk about the exclusion, as the noble Baroness raised, of services from the child safety duties if they can…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI just realised I forgot to thank the Government for Amendment 271, which reflected something I raised in Committee. I will reflect back to the Minister that, as is reinforced by…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Russell, particularly in talking about Amendments 43, 87 and 242, which raise some interesting and quite profound questions on what we are…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I want to respond to some of the comments made by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and the noble Lord, Lord Moylan. I have been looking forward to this debate equally, as…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThat point is well made. In support of that, if the public space treated me in a discriminatory way, I would expect to have redress, but I do not think I have a right in every…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillOn that point specifically, having worked inside one of the companies, they fear legal action under all sorts of laws, but not under the European Convention on Human Rights. As…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I also welcome this group of amendments. I remember a debate led by the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, some time ago in the Moses Room, where we discussed this, and I said…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, that was a very useful debate. I appreciate the Minister’s response and his “yes, no, maybe” succinctness, but I think he has left us all more worried than when the…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI—06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI appreciate the Minister’s response. Could he also respond to my suggestion that it would be helpful for some of the people working on the front line to meet officials to go…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 5B in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Clement-Jones. I am reminded that this is a new stage of the Bill, so I should declare my…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to welcome the fact that there is a series of amendments here where “bot” is replaced by “bot or other automated tool”. I point out that there is often a…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I welcome these new offences. From my professional experience, I know that what came to be known as “sextortion” created some of the most distressing cases you could…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy working assumption would be that that would be contestable. If somebody claimed the peer support defence and it was not genuine, that would lead to them becoming liable. So I…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, Amendment 172 is exceptionally helpful in putting the priority harms for children on the face of the Bill. It is something that we have asked for and I know the…06 Jul 2023