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HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank both noble Lords for speaking and for their thoughtful contributions. I will start by considering the amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Whitchurch,…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI thank noble Lords for raising those points. My response to them both is that the key is that we are trying to set a balance between the workloads—the work that has to be…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIn that example, I would cast the app developers as participants in the ecosystem and the customers as the users of the app, but that is perhaps an ontological problem. Perhaps…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillYes. The point is that we are very happy for these firms to keep delivering innovative new products in competitive markets; we are less happy about them spending their time…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIndeed. I am happy to include such analysis in my letter. However, I observe that were I to put myself in the SMS’s shoes and I had a desire to frustrate the will of the…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillIndeed, and I apologise for getting slightly sidetracked on the issue. I think the outcomes we want are that challenger tech firms should be duly informed about the information…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI start by thanking all noble Lords who spoke so compellingly. It was a great pleasure to listen. I must say my head is slightly spinning, it is such an eclectic group of…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillThroughout this group, I am convinced that we are trying to achieve the same thing. I remain concerned that we have to design safeguards against regulatory overreach to enter into…22 Jan 2024HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers BillI am very happy to do so. As I say, anything that ensures the clarity of the Bill is valuable and important. On the reference to international technical standards, these can be an…22 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024I apologise to the noble Lord; I misunderstood. I very much see the value of this and will strain my sinews to deliver just that. Meanwhile, I commend these regulations to the…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024I think we would continue to entertain the possibility. That is why I slightly withdrew from the word “criteria” and went to “factors under consideration”—so that we would have…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024That the Grand Committee do consider the Online Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024. Relevant document: 6th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 28 November last year. I am delighted that our ground-breaking online safety legislation is now on the statute book…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024As ever, I thank noble Lords for their valuable contributions to this debate. Needless to say, it is vital that we recognise the global nature of regulated service providers under…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024Indeed. Perhaps noble Lords will forgive me if I restate “criteria” as “factors considered”, because they are less algorithmic in that sense. Those factors considered would have…16 Jan 2024HANSARDOnline Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024I will commit to going away and thinking about that one, because I feel that is a broader question about parliamentary oversight of regulation in general—if I have understood…16 Jan 2024HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillAlthough proportionately fraud in the state pension is very low, it is still there. That will not be the initial focus, but the purpose is to future-proof the legislation rather…19 Dec 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillMy Lords, in a time of rapid technological change, we need people to trust in how we can use data for greater good. By building understanding and confidence in the rules…19 Dec 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.19 Dec 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information BillThat the bill be committed to a Grand Committee, and that it be an instruction to the Grand Committee that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 5, Schedule…19 Dec 2023