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HANSARDSuicide: Online ProductsThe strongest protections in the Online Safety Bill will be for children. The noble Baroness is right that there is an important part for parents and guardians to play in making…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSuicide: Online ProductsUnder the self-regulatory system, the Advertising Standards Authority already advises that marketers must take particular care over adverts which contain references to suicide.…27 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThey are complementary; the new product security framework sits alongside existing legislation on product safety, which is why we want to conduct a review of the safety framework…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am happy to include my noble friend in the replies and the letter I send. This touches on work which falls under the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI will try answer the noble Lord’s question, and I am happy to write with further detail. Products sold on online marketplaces are covered by the Bill. All products sold to…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThe noble Lord referred to mandatory minimum support periods for electronic display items and the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021. It…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am very grateful to noble Lords for setting out the cases for Amendments 2, 4 and 5. Since January 2020 the Government have been clear on introducing security requirements based…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillSome of the standards in this area have been set in the UK and have already been adopted by other jurisdictions, so I hope that we can give the noble Earl some reassurances. While…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillPerhaps, if the noble Lord is happy, we can explore this. The example he gives, as he knows, includes software and technology. Perhaps we can have a detailed discussion where we…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillAs the noble Baroness says, this begins to anticipate some issues to which I know we will return on the second day of Committee, but it is useful to begin them tonight. Amendment…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and, in his absence, the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, for their Amendment 1 and for the wholly positive intention with which it has…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom for representing the other three signatories to this amendment. I was glad to meet him and the noble Lord, Lord…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillAt the risk of a philosophical debate on the nature of security versus safety, I accept some of the points that the noble Earl makes. There are distinct differences between our…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am grateful to the noble Lord and the noble Baroness for probing through Amendments 14 and 14A as tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Clement-Jones and Lord Fox. The amendments seek…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI am grateful to noble Lords for speaking to their amendments in this group, both of which seek to make online marketplaces a “distributor”. It is vital that all products offered…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillThe feast of amendments in this group aim to implement the recommendations of your Lordships’ Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. We welcome the committee’s report…21 Jun 2022HANSARDProduct Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure BillI do not think that they are quite analogous. As I say, it is about the requirement to keep the last available updates available to consumers for eight years rather than evolving…21 Jun 2022HANSARDMedia LiteracyIt is about equipping users to decide for themselves what is truthful and giving them the critical skills to look inquisitively at the material that they see online, which often…20 Jun 2022HANSARDMedia LiteracyMy Lords, Ofcom has a statutory duty to promote media literacy under the Communications Act 2003. A clause in the draft Online Safety Bill sought to clarify Ofcom’s…20 Jun 2022HANSARDMedia LiteracyMisinformation and disinformation are subjects which are covered in many ways through the Online Safety Bill, which will force companies to tackle harmful misinformation and…20 Jun 2022