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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, we are very grateful—we are always very grateful, actually—to the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for tabling this amendment, which raises a valid concern around the…13 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, as the Minister described, this group has government amendments, from Amendment 2 to Amendment 38, which add greater transparency to the process adopted by the CMA in…11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill11 Mar 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I promise that I am not going to stand for too long between this session and people’s desire to have supper. I have a few words to say, but I will try to keep them as…11 Mar 2024HANSARDMedia BillMy Lords, I will start with a reference to the amendment to the Motion laid by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. I fully understand the noble Lord’s frustrations. Concerns and…28 Feb 2024HANSARDMedia BillDoes the Minister have a sense of the timetable for this review to be completed?28 Feb 2024HANSARDAI: “Nudify” AppsMy Lords, the Government have been far too complacent on this issue. During the passage of the then Online Safety Bill, we warned a number of times that, given that this is a…13 Feb 2024HANSARDCombating Disinformation: Freedom of ExpressionMy Lords, the issue is much more complex than that. I am concerned that the unit to which the Minister referred seems to be concerned only about security issues now. In December,…13 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, this is the starter before the main course on subscription contracts, but it is important none the less. I can reveal to the Committee that our Amendments 169 and 193…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, partly covered the point that I was going to ask about. I want some more detail about how this waiver will operate. That is where the noble…07 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI want to tempt the noble Lord to give us a bit more explanation on this. If I understood what he said rightly, it is quite in order for trading standards officers to begin an…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Mendoza, for scripting such a simple and clear amendment. We are acting as co-signatories, and it seeks, very simply, to exempt third…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIs the noble Lord saying that it is not outside the scope of the Bill?05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillBefore the Minister replies to that point, what is it about the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Mendoza, that is so objectionable? I heard the Minister say that charities…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIs it therefore envisaged that the Government will give extra support to local trading standards officers, so that they will have these take-down powers? That seems to be the…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThe noble Lord is such a strong unionist that I would be surprised if that were not the case.05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat is important, because the Minister was talking about the actions in the court while the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, and I were concerned not just with that but with where…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI want to persist a bit more on that. We are now almost at the end of Committee, and Report is probably two or three weeks away. That is not a lengthy period in which to get the…05 Feb 2024