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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, that is a useful warning that we need to read Hansard extremely carefully to see what the Minister thinks the scope of that really is and whether it covers the point…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I think there is quite a lot of meat in what the Minister said just now, both in respect of the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, and my amendment.…24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill24 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I was looking forward to hearing the noble Lord, Lord Knight, introduce these amendments but, owing to a glitch in timing when tabling the amendments, I am unfortunately…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, at the opening of this Committee stage, I want to repeat, rather in the same way as the noble Baroness, Lady, Jones, what I said on Second Reading: we broadly welcome…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, we are getting on in the Committee, but I was really interested in the Minister’s interpretation point, because quite a lot hangs on that. The noble Lord, Lord Lansley,…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThis is a long intervention, I agree. I would just ask the Minister to focus on the fact that this is not just any old fairness of terms but something that should be explicitly…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, whose speech segues straight into my Amendments 14 and 63. This is all about the asymmetry of information. On…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThat is not incompatible. These are two sides of the same coin, which is why they are in this group. I suppose we could have degrouped it.22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, all the SMS has to do is put it through one of its large language models, and hey presto.22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, the foundation of the Minister’s argument is SMS workload. The issue is exactly the point that the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, made about information being power. The…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, would the Minister also agree to add the whole question about the overworked SMS in his response?22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, so that the Minister does not have to stand up a second time, I will just add the other side of the coin to the question from the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey. The Minister…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank the Minister for his considered reply, and thank all those who have taken part in this extremely important and interesting debate, particularly the amplification by a…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, this is quite a group of amendments. Clearly, it will take a bit of time to work our way through all of them. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, who…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister but that is very general. We have heard around the Room that people are really concerned. As we go forward, so many areas of intellectual…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, the Minister rather glossed over the importance of Clause 5. In Clause 2(2), the SMS conditions are that “the undertaking has— (a) substantial and entrenched market…22 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024My Lords, before the Minister finally sits down, I want to put to him a very interesting question raised by my noble friend, who the Minister knows is extremely expert on these…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024My Lords, the Minister raised a very interesting point. He said “criteria”; I do not think we have quite heard what those criteria are. That would be very interesting so that we…16 Jan 2024