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HANSARDOnline Safety Bill09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI join noble Lords who have sent good wishes for a speedy recovery to the noble Baroness, Lady Featherstone. Amendments 46, 47 and 64, in the name of my noble friend Lady Stowell…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI ask the noble Viscount to bear with me. I will come on to this a bit later. I do not think it is for category 1 platforms to do so. We have introduced Clause 15 to reduce the…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe content which we have added to Clause 12 is a targeted approach. It reflects input from a wide range of interested parties, with whom we have discussed this, on the areas of…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIn law, there is nothing. I am engaging with the point that there is no cliff edge. There are protections for people once they turn 18. People’s tastes and risk appetites may…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThere is not this cliff edge which noble Lords have feared—that there are protections for children and then, at 18, a free for all. There are protections for adult users—young…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillOnce somebody becomes an adult in law at the age of 18, they are protected through the triple shield in the Bill. The user empowerment duties are one element of this, along with…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am very grateful to the noble Lords who have spoken on the amendments in this group, both this afternoon and last Tuesday evening. As this is a continuation of that debate, I…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt would be, but we fear the chilling effect of having the choice imposed on people. As the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, rightly put it, one does not know what one has not…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThank you. I may be reading the noble Lord’s Amendment 38A excessively critically. I will look at it again. To try to reassure the noble Lord, the Bill already ensures that all…09 May 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe discrepancy comes from the point we touched on earlier. Ofcom, as a public body, is subject to the public sector equality duty and therefore the list set out in the Equality…09 May 2023HANSARDGambling Act Review White PaperI had the pleasure of serving on your Lordships’ committee that looked into this matter, under the chairmanship of my noble friend. I am pleased to say that the more than 50…03 May 2023HANSARDGambling Act Review White PaperMy Lords, I am grateful for the broad welcome in both noble Lords’ remarks for this work. I am conscious that I have stood at this Dispatch Box many times and promised that it…03 May 2023HANSARDUK Concussion Guidelines for Grass-roots SportWe do not, but we hope that the guidelines will encourage people who play sport, whichever sport it is, to do so safely.03 May 2023HANSARDGambling Act Review White PaperWe have been led by a close assessment of the latest evidence on the impact of advertising, which suggests that there is little evidence to show that exposure to advertising leads…03 May 2023HANSARDUK Concussion Guidelines for Grass-roots SportI send my congratulations via my noble friend to the Birmingham Bulls and everyone involved in the Union Cup. We have chosen to use the word concussion because it is what is most…03 May 2023HANSARDGambling Act Review White PaperI mentioned some of the work which has already been taken forward to help vulnerable people. The noble Lord is right to point to people with mental health difficulties and the…03 May 2023HANSARDUK Concussion Guidelines for Grass-roots SportMy right honourable friend the Sports Minister has committed to continue to work with our colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that the relevant…03 May 2023HANSARDGambling Act Review White PaperI pay tribute to the work my noble friend does with GambleAware in this important area. We welcome the efforts we have seen from the industry to increase contributions to…03 May 2023HANSARDUK Concussion Guidelines for Grass-roots SportI indeed congratulate all those who have campaigned on this from bitter personal experience. I hope that the guidelines, and the greater awareness and understanding that they will…03 May 2023