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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, on her tenacity, and to the Minister on his flexibility. I believe that where we have reached is pretty…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. Beyond peradventure my noble friend Lord Allan and the noble Viscount, Lord Colville, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, have…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, clearly, there is a limited number of speakers in this debate. We should thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for tabling this amendment because it raises a very…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI thank the Minister for that more extended reply. It is a more reassuring response on Clause 159 than we have had before. On Clause 158, the impression I get is that the media…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWhile the Minister is describing that, can he explain exactly which media literacy power would be invoked by the kind of example I gave when I was introducing the amendment and in…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThat really is not good enough, if I may say so. Does the Minister not have any brief of any kind on Amendment 180A?12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I strongly support Amendment 180, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Merron. I will also explain why I put forward Amendment 180A. I pay tribute to the noble Baroness,…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe Minister has not dealt with Amendment 180A at all.12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as ever, my noble friend Lord Allan and the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, have made helpful, practical and operational points that I hope the Minister will be able to…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, we have heard some very well-rehearsed lines during the debate today, with the usual protagonists. Nevertheless, the truth of the matter is that the Press Recognition…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a consistent theme ever since the Joint Committee’s report. It was reported on by the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, and the Digital and…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe words “animal trafficking” have not passed his lips.12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI thank the Minister. I feel that we have been slightly unfair because we have been asking questions about an amendment that we have not been able to table. The Minister has…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, we had a pretty extensive future-proofing debate in Committee, which I was sadly unable to take part in, but I start this debate with a sinking feeling about the scope…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I hope I am not interrupting the Minister in full flow. He has talked about users entirely. He has not yet got to talking about what happens where the provider is…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the key question is this: why have these powers over social media when the Secretary of State does not have them over broadcast?12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, that neatly brings me to the beginning of my own speech. I have expressed to the Chief Whip and the Minister my great regret that my noble friend Lady Benjamin is not…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, very briefly, I commend these two amendments. Again, the provenance is very clear; the Joint Committee said: “This regulatory alignment would simplify compliance for…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will be extremely brief. We have come a very long way since the Joint Committee made its recommendations to the Government, largely, I think, as a result of the noble…10 Jul 2023