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HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationYes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. I have, of course, met the Internet Watch Foundation. Ofcom will need to draw on expert advice, and I would expect that to include…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. Several other hon. Members have raised the point about future-proofing, and I apologise for not addressing it in my answers so far.…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationThe right hon. Lady raises important points. On private channels, companies will be expected to use emergent technology to check for this sort of thing happening. The point about…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationYes, of course the scope of this Bill covers any websites that host user-generated content. Within that, all sites that are subject to this legislation will have to take measures…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationI can give my right hon. Friend that assurance, and he is right in what he says. The nub of the proposed legislation is to deal with that legal but harmful issue and ensure that…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationThe hon. Lady has hit on the essence of the problem and what we have sought to do through the legislation. We are imposing a duty of care precisely because we know that such…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationMy hon. Friend is entirely correct to raise that point. Essentially, the criterion will be that the purpose of the website is not in any way related to user-generated content, but…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationThe right hon. Gentleman makes an important point about privacy. Clearly, if it was up to individuals within those companies to identify content on private channels, that would…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are taking measures to guard against things such as antisemitic abuse, but we have taken two very clear decisions. First, we are protecting…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationI hear my hon. Friend’s points about anonymity, and, as he said, they were made very powerfully by the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge). We are seeking to get…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s overall support. He asked when this is coming; the legislation will be brought before the House in 2021. He asked about economic crime, and other…15 Dec 2020HANSARD Online Harms ConsultationThe hon. Lady raises a very important point. The purpose of this legislation is to deal with user-generated content. If that sort of thing is being promoted by users, which we can…15 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Sporting Fixtures and Sport FacilitiesSport is of course a force for good in all our communities, and I made it a priority to open sports facilities and gyms in all tiers as part of this reopening. My hon. Friend is…10 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Sporting Fixtures and Sport FacilitiesI of course join my hon. Friend in giving my very best wishes to the new chairman, David Bowden, at Workington Reds. We know the value of these clubs. That is precisely why we…10 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe continue to protect our sectors through the covid crisis. In the past month alone, we have announced a £300 million winter survival package for sports clubs, seen a £250…10 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. I should mention again, for your benefit, Mr Speaker, that not only did we provide £16 million of support to protect rugby…10 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise concerns about the management and cleanliness practices of sites owned by Britannia Hotels, and he has also raised them with me…10 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not know what information the hon. Lady has been reading; if she is referring to the information released in the freedom of information request, that was certainly not how I…10 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI gently advise the hon. Lady that as much as I respect our newspapers and have done a great deal to support them, she should not believe everything that she reads in newspapers;…10 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not want to interfere in the election of the chairman of that APPG, but my hon. Friend will make an excellent candidate for that position. We of course remain committed to…10 Dec 2020