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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I declare an interest as chair of Trust Alliance Group, which operates the energy and communications ombudsman schemes, so I have a particular interest in the operation…19 Jul 2023HANSARDElectronic Trade Documents Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my thanks to the Minister for moving these amendments from the Commons. He has shown remarkable consistency with the words of his honourable friend Mr Scully in…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell. My noble friend has spoken very cogently to Amendment 258ZA, and I say in answer to the question posed by…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I can be very brief. My noble friend Lady Benjamin and the noble Baronesses, Lady Harding, Lady Morgan and Lady Fraser, have all very eloquently described why these…19 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I think the upshot of this brief debate is that the noble Lord, Lord Knight —how he was tracked down in a Pret A Manger, I have no idea; he is normally too fast-moving…19 Jul 2023HANSARDCounter Disinformation UnitMy Lords, the CDU outsources its surveillance activities to opaque companies such as Logically and Faculty. It does not respond to Freedom of Information Act requests. Its budget…18 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the Minister is saying that, in practice, there is a kind of collaboration between regulators and that there is a power under the Communications Act, but is he saying…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting short debate. Like other noble Lords, I am very pleased that the Government have proposed the new clauses in Amendments 274B and 274C.…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend very much for that intervention.17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am sure my noble friend with 30 years’ experience stands duly corrected. He has reminded us that we have 20 years’ experience of something being on the statute book without…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI do not believe that the Minister has dealt with the minimum standards issue.17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, Clause 158 is one of the more mysterious clauses in the Bill and it would greatly benefit from a clear elucidation by the Minister of how it is intended to work to…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe noble Baroness, Lady Harding, made the point that in other areas where the Minister has agreed to reviews or reports, there are backstop powers; for instance, on app stores.…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe benefit of having a period of time between the last day of Report on Wednesday and Third Reading is that that gives the Minister, the Bill team and parliamentary counsel the…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the debate so far has been—in the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox—a Committee debate. That is partly because this set of amendments from the Government has come…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWill the Minister copy other Members in?17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the Minister has not stated that there is a duty to collaborate. Is he saying that that is, in fact, the case in practice?17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, even by previous standards, this is the most miscellaneous of miscellaneous groups. We have ranged very broadly. I will speak first to Amendment 191A from the noble…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIs there a duty to collaborate between regulators?17 Jul 2023