Moved by
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
33ZLA: After Clause 91, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty on Ofcom to report on filtering by internet access providers
(1) Ofcom must prepare a report for the Secretary of State, every two years from the date on which this Act is passed—
(a) on the number of providers of an internet access service who are preventing or restricting access on the service to information, content, applications or services, for child protection purposes;
(b) on the number of providers of an internet access service who are not preventing or restricting access on the service to information, content, applications or services, for child protection services; and
(c) describing the actions that are being taken by providers of an internet access service to—
(i) prevent or restrict access on the service to information, content, applications or services, for child protection purposes;
(ii) provide and improve child protection via other means other than those listed in sub-paragraph (i); and
(iii) provide relevant information to parents.
(2) The report produced under subsection (1) must be laid before each House of Parliament.
(3) In this section “internet access service” has the same meaning as in section 91.”