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HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, we may be slipping back into a Committee-style conversation. My noble friend Lord Moylan rightly says that this is the first chance we have had to examine this…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the government amendments in this group relate to the categories of primary priority and priority content that is harmful to children. Children must be protected from…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillPerhaps I was not as clear as I could or should have been. The regulator will set out in guidance the duties that fall on the businesses. We do not want the burden on the business…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has been a short but important debate and I am grateful to noble Lords for their broad support for the amendments here and for their questions. These amendments…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am grateful to noble Lords for their contributions during this debate. I am sympathetic to arguments that we must avoid imposing disproportionate burdens on regulated services,…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI would just like to finish my thought on Wikipedia. Noble Lords are right to mention it and to highlight the great work that it does. My honourable friend the Minister for…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will check what I said but I hope that I have set out why we have taken the approach that we have with the broad scope and the exemptions and categorisations that are contained…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillAs was pointed out by others in the debate, the key provision in Amendment 172 is subsection (2) of the proposed new clause, which relates to: “Content which is abusive and which…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe Secretary of State could create further exemptions but would have to bring those before Parliament for it to scrutinise. That is why there is a “maybe” in answer to his third…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will happily write to the noble Lord on that. Clause 12(4) further sets out that all search user empowerment content tools must be made available to all adult users and be easy…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as noble Lords will be aware, the Government removed the legal but harmful provisions from the Bill in another place, given concerns about freedom of expression. I know…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am being encouraged to be brief so, if I may, I will write to the noble Lord on that point.06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I will speak to the government amendments now but not anticipate the non-government amendments in this group. As noble Lords know, protecting children is a key priority…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the broad, if not universal, support for the amendments that we have brought forward following the points raised in Committee. I apologise for…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to continue some of the themes we touched on in the last group and the debate we have had throughout the passage of the Bill on the…06 Jul 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am happy to respond clearly to that. As my right honourable friend Edward Argar MP and I said in our letter, this is just the first step towards implementing the changes which…06 Jul 2023