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HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am grateful to the Baroness, Lady Owen, for tabling her amendments and initiating this discussion. I feel like someone who has brought a birthday cake to a party, only to have…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, government Amendments 1, 14 and 18 deliver on the Government’s commitment to ensure that the strongest protections possible on violence against women and girls online…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to your Lordships’ House for the contributions that have been made on the Bill. We have spent over 88 hours in Committee, we have had a full day’s Second…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe purpose of the regulation is to provide a disincentive to putting content up in the first place. If anybody who places that content on any online platform knows that Ofcom has…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I would like to make a short statement on the position regarding the legislative consent Motion on this Bill. While the majority of the provisions in the Bill apply to…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat the Bill be now read a third time.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThat the Bill do now pass.25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, we are almost there. I want to respond to the amendment to the Motion in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady O’Loan. She had the support of the noble Lords, Lord Biggar…25 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe noble and learned Lord tempts me to remember things that happened a long time ago. We have had a lot of discussion on those matters. For the benefit of the House, I have tried…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am tempted to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, by saying that I hope to keep the clause in and I have signed a compatibility with the Human Rights Act agreement, but I…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillLet me finish. I am surrounded by a phalanx of lawyers who deal with this on a daily basis. I am trying to represent, at 12.36 am, the Government’s position on this, as I have…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWell, let me first relate to the question of the letter. We had a discussion in Committee and a meeting in person. I promised to write a letter and that letter has been received.…18 Mar 2026HANSARDCrime and Policing BillMy Lords, I shall start by saying something that needs saying. The Government believe in protecting the public, especially children, from online content, which is why we have…18 Mar 2026