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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, we are dangerously on the same page this evening. I absolutely agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, about demonstrating the need for an independent complaints…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, that all these amendments are very much heading in the same direction, and from these Benches I am extremely sympathetic to…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I very strongly support the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, in her Amendments 35, 36 and 281F and in spirit very much support what the noble Lord, Lord Russell, said in…10 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I apologise to the Minister. Can he write giving chapter and verse for that particular passage by reference to the contents of the Bill?10 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report)The Minister has covered a great deal of ground, but he has not covered the implementation of the Beijing treaty and the performing rights issues in the light of AI, or some of…07 Jul 2023HANSARDCreative Industries (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, it is a huge pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Griffiths, who I am sure has lived up to every expectation that the noble Lord, Lord Vaizey, had when he mentioned…07 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate, as it is a real contrast. We have one set of amendments which say that the net is too wide and another which say that the net is…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI think we may need further discussions on the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Russell.06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillBut these functionalities are a part of their business model, are they not?06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, surely it is the role of the regulators to look at functionalities of this kind. The Minister seemed to be saying that it would be an undue burden on the regulator. Is…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I just want to elucidate whether the Minister has any kind of brief on my Amendment 152A. I suspect that he does not; it is not even grouped—it is so recent that it is…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIf the Minister has time, can he actually direct us to that, because it is important that we are clear that it really is captured?06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I have very little to add to the wise words that we have heard from my noble friend and from the noble Baronesses, Lady Kidron and Lady Morgan. We should thank all those…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt might be helpful—except for the refusal to accept my noble friend’s amendment.06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am sure that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, is going to come in, and he knows a great deal more about this than I do. But we are getting into the territory where we…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, we are coming to this in the next group, but that is a consent-based offence, is it not?06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, needless to say, I disagree with what the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, has just been saying precisely because I believe that the new clause that the Minister has put…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, does the Minister have any more to say on identity verification?06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will not engage with the amendments of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, since mine are probably the diametric opposite of what he has been saying. I say, first, on behalf…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI shall be brief, my Lords, because I know we have a Statement to follow. It is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Russell. I certainly share his concern about the rise of…06 Jul 2023