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HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017I fundamentally disagree with the noble Lord. Many noble Lords will be aware that often in legislation there are unintended consequences and things that were unforeseen. I used to…26 Oct 2022HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017On that particular piece of research, I will have to check with the department and write to the noble Baroness. We are quite clear that, when we bring back the Online Safety Bill,…26 Oct 2022HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017Indeed. One of the issues my department has been discussing with Ofcom is age verification and age assurance. We have to remember that age verification is one form of age…26 Oct 2022HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017The noble Lord will be aware of the debate, which was about how we challenge in the Bill things that are legal offline while making sure that there is consistency between the…26 Oct 2022HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017I thank the noble Baroness for those questions. We must be clear about why the Digital Economy Act was criticised. It was originally criticised because it did not cover social…26 Oct 2022HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017I am afraid I disagree with the noble Baroness. There is not a resistance to act; we just want to make sure that the technology is right, and that we understand the issue we are…26 Oct 2022HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017The Government have decided to use the Online Safety Bill to protect children from online pornography. This will provide greater protection to children across a wider range of…26 Oct 2022HANSARDOnline Pornography: Digital Economy Act 2017I thank my noble friend for that question. It was a deeply saddening case and our thoughts are with Archie Battersbee’s family. We are focusing on doing everything that we can to…26 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportI take great pleasure in thanking my noble friend, my predecessor, for his question. I pay tribute, once again, to him for the work he did during the Queen’s funeral, working…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportThe noble Baroness makes a very important point about the importance of our cultural sector to our economy, but also to the social life and well-being of so many people across the…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportI thank the noble Lord—or was it my noble friend? I could not see him—20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportAh, it was my noble friend; I thank noble Lords. Next time I will bring my rear-view mirror. One of things we have to be very careful about are those organisations that are…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportThe Government fully realise that after March some organisations may need assistance. One of the reasons that we have a three-month review, which started in October, is to see how…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportMy department is in conversations with museums and others and is fully aware. I am sure that many noble Lords will recognise that my department does not just wait until it is…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportMy department, the DCMS, has engaged with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ensure that the energy bill relief scheme is supporting businesses and…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportOfficials in my department are constantly talking to the sector to understand the best way to support it, and we want to listen to it rather than assume that the Government have…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportIn a recent conversation with my officials, we were talking about how galleries, museums and other community spaces may well be used this year by people who do not normally attend…20 Oct 2022HANSARDArts: Energy Cost SupportThe noble Baroness makes a very important point about partnerships. Government partners, the sector itself or even individual galleries cannot do this alone; we have to work in a…20 Oct 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass. I thank noble Lords on all Benches—noble friends behind me and noble Lords across the House—for their co-operation on this…19 Oct 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I apologise as, in my quest to be concise, I did not name specific noble Lords and I think it is right that I do that. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Merron, and the…19 Oct 2022