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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI certainly concur that we should discuss the issue in greater detail. I am very happy to do so with the noble Lord, the noble Baroness and others who want to do so, along with…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt depends on what the noble Lord means by “out of control” and what content the bot is producing. If he does not mind, this may be an issue which we should go through in…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will certainly do so. It requires flicking through a number of amendments and cross-referencing them with provisions in the Bill. I will certainly do that in slower time and…25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIn brief, we think the Law Commission has it right—25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill25 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am mindful of the examples the noble Lord gave in his speech. Looking at some of the provisions set out in subsection (2) about a body being “subject to a standards code” or…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am happy to continue to discuss it, and I will say a bit more about the other amendments in this group, but I am not able to say much more at this point. I will happily follow…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, the amendments concern the independence of Ofcom and the role of parliamentary scrutiny. They are therefore indeed an important group, as those things will be vital to…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI would want to take advice and see some statistics, but I am happy to do that and to respond to my noble friend’s point. I was about to say that my noble friend Lady Jenkin of…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will certainly take on board the points the noble Baroness raises. Hearing representations in both directions on the point would, on first consideration, reassure me that we…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWhen we publish the wording, we will rightly have an opportunity to discuss it before the debate on Report. I will be happy to discuss it with noble Lords then. On the broader…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe issue was in relation to a provider’s size and capacity; it is an issue of making sure it is effective and enforceable, and proportionate to the size of the service in…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I join noble Lords who have sent their best wishes to the noble Lords, Lord Lipsey and Lord McNally. His Majesty’s Government are committed to defending the invaluable…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillLooking at the length of Clause 50—and I note that the noble Lord, Lord Allan of Hallam, made much the same point in his speech—I think the definitions set out in Clause 50 are…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am very happy to, and the noble Lord is right that we must be focused on the outcomes here. I am very sympathetic to the desire to make sure that providers are held to the…23 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI shall happily do that, and will happily continue discussions with my noble friend and others on this point and on the appropriate alternative to the language we have discussed.…23 May 2023