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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am happy to clarify that in writing.05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am happy to do that. We will look at that in a bit more detail and write accordingly. We come to some minor technical government amendments, Amendments 121, 123, 124 and 128,…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank the noble Lords. That is indeed the spirit of what we are saying. We are, in the Bill, giving a power to the courts that will contain the online interface orders. The…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank both noble Lords for those interventions. I am happy to get this to noble Lords as quickly as possible. The whole point of the consultation is to allow consumer groups,…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank the noble Baroness for that. A distinction has been made as per that wording. As the consultation has come back, there has been a view on the distinction between those two…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank my noble friend for that question. The intention of Clause 244, combined with Clause 245, is to afford a higher level of protection in legislation to those who are…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillYes, that is exactly what I am saying. In order to get a profit, one has to start with turnover. A detailed mechanism is required to look at how these P&Ls work and, rather than…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillWe are saying that there is extensive protection built up around this sensitive issue and that there should not be further legislation made within the scope of the Bill, but that,…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank the noble Lord for his intervention. As I said on my noble friend Lady Morgan’s Amendment 110, we are dealing with a serious issue. I took great pains to run through the…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to noble Lords for their amendments in this group and for their valuable contributions on these important issues. I will start by discussing…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank noble Lords for their contributions. I can confirm that we will come back before Report. The objective is to get a solution for this issue and to have a satisfactory…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank both noble Lords for their interventions. To take the latter point first, it is absolutely the case that charities are required to live within the statute book generally…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillMy Lords, I turn now to the fourth group of amendments, which concern unfair commercial practices. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for Amendment 137, which would add…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Mendoza for moving this amendment and for his compelling speech. I also thank other noble Lords who spoke so passionately on this…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI think I should write to the noble Lord to give that in detail. I turn to the exclusion for microbusinesses. Amendments 148A and 148B, tabled by my noble friend Lord Mott, would…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank noble Lords for their contribution to the group of amendments, which is concerned with subscription contracts. I again thank my noble friend Lord Lucas for introducing…05 Feb 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill05 Feb 2024