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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I hung back in the hope that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, would speak before me, because I suspected that his remarks would help elucidate my…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 155 in my name, and I am grateful for the support of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and my noble friend Lord Strathcarron. Some of my…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I would like to say that that was a rewarding and fulfilling debate in which everyone heard very much what they wanted to hear from my noble friend the Minister. I am…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWill my noble friend at least confirm what he said previously: namely, that it is the Government’s view—or at least his view—that Wikipedia will not qualify as a category 1…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am going to endeavour to be relatively brief. I rise to move Amendment 38 and to speak to Amendments 39, 139 and 140 in this group, which are in my name. All are…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, my noble friend has explained clearly how terms of service would normally work, which is that, as I said myself, a business might write its own terms of service to its…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, if the internet were a toy, aimed at children and used only by children, those remarks would of course be very relevant, but we are dealing with something of huge value…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWell, I must regard myself as doubly rebuked, and unfairly, because my reflections are very relevant to the amendments, and I have developed them in that direction. In respect of…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I was not going to speak on this group, but I was provoked into offering some reflections on the speech by the noble Lord, Lord Russell of Liverpool, especially his…02 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I hope that the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, and the noble Lord, Lord Weir of Ballyholme, will forgive me…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, in moving my Amendment 13 I will speak to all the amendments in the group, all of which are in my name with the exception of Amendment 157 in the name of my noble friend…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am delighted to hear the noble Baroness say that, and it shows that that pool of common ground we share is widening every time we get to our feet. However, the pool is not…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it is genuinely difficult to summarise such a wide-ranging debate, which was of a very high standard. Only one genuinely bright idea has emerged from the whole thing: as…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillOr indeed any evidence.27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillBefore he moves on, is my noble friend going to give any advice to, for example, Welsh Wikipedia, as to how it will be able to continue, or are the concerns about smaller sites…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am grateful to the noble Lord. I really wonder whether the Government realise what they are walking into here. On the one hand, yesterday the Grand Committee was debating the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this is a very large and wide-ranging group of amendments. Within it, I have a number of amendments that, on their own, span three separate subjects. I propose to…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 205 in my name, but like other noble Lords I will speak about the group as a whole. After the contributions so far, not least from the noble…27 Apr 2023