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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will write to noble Lords with further information and will make sure that I have picked up correctly the questions that they have asked. On Amendment 152A, which the noble…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWe talked about bots controlled by service providers before the noble Lord, Lord Knight, asked questions on this. The Bill is designed to make online service providers responsible…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will begin with that. The metaverse is in scope of the Bill, which, as noble Lords know, has been designed to be technology neutral and future-proofed to ensure that it keeps…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am sorry—yes, the noble Baroness made a further point on consultation. I want to reassure her and other noble Lords that Ofcom has the discretion to consult whatever body it…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as we discussed in Committee, the Bill contains strong protection for women and girls and places duties on services to tackle and limit the kinds of offences and online…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI beg to move.12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIf I may, I will write to the noble Lord having reflected on that question further. We are talking here about the provisions set up in the Bill to deal with online harms; clearly,…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am certainly happy to commit to showing my noble friend the tidying up we think necessary of the two amendments I said we are happy to accept ahead of Third Reading. On the…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillYes; that is right. I hope noble Lords will agree that the changes we have made and that I have outlined today as a package mean that we have reached the right balance in this…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this is indeed an apposite day to be discussing ongoing ping-pong. I am very happy to speak enthusiastically and more slowly about my noble friend Lady Stowell of…12 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group consider regulatory accountability and the roles of Ofcom, the Government and Parliament in overseeing the new framework. The proposals…12 Jul 2023