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HANSARDOnline Safety BillI take the noble Lord’s point and my noble friend’s further contribution. I will see whether I can give a clearer and more succinct description in writing to flesh that out, but…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this has indeed been a very good debate on a large group of amendments. We have benefited from two former Ministers, the noble Lord, Lord McNally, and my noble friend…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI was about to list the four Cs briefly in order, which will bring me on to commercial or contract risk. Perhaps I may do that and return to those points. I know that there have…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI have tried to outline the Bill’s definition of content, which I think will give some reassurance that other concerns that noble Lords have raised are covered. I will turn in a…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken on this group and for the clarity with which the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, has concluded his remarks. Amendments 20, 74, 93 and…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI see that my noble friend Lord Murray of Blidworth has joined the Front Bench in anticipation of the lunch-break business for the Home Office. That gives me the opportunity to…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillAll the phrases used in the Bill are subject to the usual scrutiny through the judicial process—that is why we debate them now and think about their implications—but of course…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe noble Baroness’s intervention has given me an opportunity to note that I am about to say a little more on best endeavours, which will not fully answer the question from the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillYes, I think it is right. The investigatory powers Act is a tool for law enforcement and intelligence agencies, whereas the Bill is designed to regulate technology companies—an…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI will certainly take that point away and I understand, of course, that different Acts require different duties of the same platforms. I will take that away and discuss it with…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI am about to talk about the safeguards for journalists in the context of the Bill and the questions posed by the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett. However, I take my noble friend’s…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, as well as throwing up some interesting questions of law, this debate has provoked some interesting tongue-twisters. The noble Lord, Lord Allan of Hallam, offered a…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillYes, that would be welcome.27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI thank the noble Lord. I was pleased to hear about Wicipedia Cymraeg—there being no “k” in Welsh. As the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, said, there has been a very good…27 Apr 2023