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HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)These Government amendments seek to change the approach to category 1 designation, following the removal from the Bill of the adult safety duties and the concept of “legal but…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. All companies will still have to tackle the risk assessment, and will have to remove illegal content. We are talking about the extra bits that…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)Ofcom will assess services that are close to meeting the threshold conditions of category 1 services and will publish a publicly available list of those emerging high-risk…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)These Government amendments confer a duty on Ofcom to create and publish a list of companies that are approaching the category 1 threshold to ensure that it proactively identifies…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 48, in clause 82, page 72, line 21, at end insert— “(ca) a regulated user-to-user service meets the conditions in section (List of emerging Category 1…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)Dame Angela, you know that I love niceties. It is Christmas—the festive season! It is a little bit warmer today because we changed room, but we remember the coldness; it reminds…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I forgot to respond to my hon. Friend’s question about whether I would meet him. I will happily meet him.15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I apologise, Dame Angela; I did not realise that I had that formal role, but you are absolutely right.15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I look forward to continuing the debate on Report.15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I come back to this point: I think that if people were threatened with personal legal liability, that would stifle innovation and make them over-cautious in their approach. That…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)The Government recognise that the intent behind the new clause is to create new criminal offences of non-compliance with selected duties. It would establish a framework for…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)The aim of the user empowerment duty is to give adults more control over certain categories of legal content that some users will welcome greater choice over. Those duties also…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I absolutely give that assurance to the hon. Lady; that is important. We all want the measures to be implemented, and the guidance to be out there, as soon as possible. Just now I…15 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Third sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The Government are committed to empowering adults to have greater control over their online experience, and to protecting…15 Dec 2022HANSARD South Staffs Water: Cyber-attackI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Marco Longhi) for securing the debate and bringing attention to an important, serious issue that has been worrying a number of…14 Dec 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportI cannot confirm today at what stage we will legislate. We will continue to work with my right hon. Friend and the Treasury to ensure that we get this exactly right. We will, of…14 Dec 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportI understand. We are ahead of the Lords on publication, so yes is the answer. [Official Report, 5 December 2022, Vol. 724, c. 120.] Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary…14 Dec 2022HANSARDDigital, Culture, Media and SportI understand. We are planning to table these amendments during the Bill’s passage through the Lords.14 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)I apologise, Dame Angela. I will bring my remarks to a close by saying that with those triple shields, we have the protections and the fine balance that we need. Question put,…13 Dec 2022HANSARDONLINE SAFETY BILL (Second sitting)The amendments to schedule 8 confirm that references to relevant content, consumer content and regulated user-generated content have the same meaning as established by other…13 Dec 2022