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HANSARDOnline Safety BillIs that right? I do not need a yes or no answer. It was rhetorical; I am just trying to frame the right question. The Minister is making a very strong point about the difference…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, this group of amendments concerns terms of service. All the amendments either have the phrase “terms of service” in them or imply that we wish to see more use of the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, it has been a very good debate indeed. When I first saw this grouping, my heart sank: the idea that we should be able to encompass all that within the space of just over…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillA clean shirt, perhaps?27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, we seem to have done it again—a very long list of amendments in a rather ill-conceived group has generated a very interesting discussion. We are getting quite good at…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that very detailed response, which I will have to read very carefully because it was quite complicated. That is the answer to my…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI understand the point the Minister is making, but it is absolutely crystal clear that, whatever phrase is used, the sensibility is quite clear that the Government are saying on…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, over the last few hours I have praised us for having developed a style of discussion and debate that is certainly relatively new and not often seen in the House, where…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillLet the record stand clear: yes. It was the slight equivocation around how the Minister approached and left that point that I was worried about, and that people might seek to use…27 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillThe Minister just said something that was material to this debate. He said that Ofcom has existing powers to prevent app stores from providing material that would have caused…25 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillLike others, I had prepared quite extensive notes to respond to what I thought the noble Lord was going to say about his amendments in this group, and I have not been able to find…25 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillIt is a continuation of the point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, and it seems that it will go part of the way towards resolving the differences that remain between…25 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillI must say I am quite relieved that so many noble Lords have stayed; I thought that a single group with a single amendment on a sunny afternoon might have been enough to drive…19 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety Bill19 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillWell, my Lords, it has been a very good debate, and we should be grateful for that. In some senses, I should bank that; we have got ourselves off to a good start for the…19 Apr 2023HANSARDOnline Safety BillMy Lords, I start by apologising for having absented myself during part of the debate. I promise those noble Lords whose speeches I missed that I will read them very carefully.…01 Feb 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 32 in name, which is part of this group, although it points in a slightly different direction from the speeches we have just heard. I declare…25 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillAs usual, I have forgotten where I was in my perorations, so the Committee might get a few words that it has heard already, which can be ignored. I think I was talking about the…25 Jan 2023HANSARDChannel 4My Lords, we wholeheartedly welcome the Secretary of State’s decision not to privatise Channel 4. The British public service broadcasting ecosystem is unique and has been built up…11 Jan 2023