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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI beg to move.17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillYes, but I do not want to raise the hopes of the noble Lord or others, with whom I look forward to discussing this matter. I must manage their expectations about whether we will…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will continue my train of thought on my noble friend’s amendments, which I hope will cover that and more. My noble friend’s Amendment 273A would allow Ofcom to appoint approved…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWe do not think that six weeks is enough time for the evidence base to develop sufficiently, our assessment being that to endow the Secretary of State with that power at this…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillYes, and we can point to the current actions of Ofcom to show that it is indeed doing this already, even without that legislative stick. I turn to the amendments in the name of my…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI was about to say that I am very happy to write to the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, about the manner by which consent is given in Clause 53(5)(c), but I think his question is on…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWe think we can rely on Ofcom’s discretion, and point to its current practice. I hope that will reassure my noble friend that it will set out the information she seeks.17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am very happy to discuss this further with noble Lords, but I will reserve the right, pending that discussion, to decide whether we need to return to this at Third Reading.…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI had not quite finished; the noble Baroness was quick to catch me before I sat down. I still have some way to go, but I will certainly take on board all the points that have been…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillA provider would have a right to bring a legal challenge against Ofcom if it considered that a particular exercise of the remote access power was unlawful. I am sure that would be…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions in this group. On the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Knight of Weymouth, on why we are bringing in some of these…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWe touched on the complexity of defining who and what is a researcher and making sure that we do not give rise to bad actors exploiting that. This is a complex area, as we touched…17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will write on Schedule 12 as well.17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill17 Jul 2023