Online Safety Bill

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 19, 22, 298 and 299 in my name and those of the noble Bar...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the two noble Baronesses. I remind the Committee of my backg...

My Lords, first, I beg the indulgence of the Committee to speak briefly at this juncture. I know ...

My Lords, it falls to me to inject some grit into what has so far been a very harmonious debate, ...

Could it not be argued that the noble Lord is making a case for regulation of app stores? Let us ...

The noble Lord makes a good point. I certainly think we are heading into a world where there will...

Would the noble Lord acknowledge that app stores are already undertaking these age-rating and blo...

The noble Baroness makes a very good point; they are making efforts. There is a role for app stor...

I want to reassure the noble Lord: I have his blog in front of me and he was quite right—there we...

I appreciate the intervention by the noble Baroness; I hope through this grit we may conjure up a...

I strongly support the amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, because I want ...

My Lords, as I listen to the words echoing around the Chamber, I try to put myself in the shoes o...

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, put it very well:

“Kids are born digital, they’re digital kids ...

My Lords, I enter this Committee debate with great trepidation. I do not have the knowledge and e...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Storey. I support Amendments 19, 22 and...

My Lords, one of our clergy in the diocese of Guildford has been campaigning for more than a deca...

My Lords, I will speak in support of the amendments in this group in the names of the intrepid no...

My Lords, I will lend my support to Amendments 19 and 22. It is a pleasure to speak after the nob...

My Lords, this has been a really fascinating debate and I need to put a stake in the ground prett...

My Lords, I echo the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones. This is an important group o...

My Lords, I share noble Lords’ determination to deliver the strongest protections for children an...

I am sorry to interrupt. Will the Minister take the opportunity to say what “significant” means, ...

If I can finish my point, this will bring into scope services of the kind set out in the amendmen...

I know it has been said that the large language models, such as that used by ChatGPT, will be in ...

They are when they apply to companies enabling users to share content online and interact with ea...

The Minister just said something that was material to this debate. He said that Ofcom has existin...

Perhaps the noble Lord could clarify his question; I was too busy finishing my answer to the nobl...

It is a continuation of the point raised by the noble Baroness, Lady Harding, and it seems that i...

Services already have to comply with their duties to keep children safe. If they do not comply, O...

My Lords, on that point, my reading of Clauses 131 to 135, where the Bill sets out the business d...

I will be very happy to set that out in more detail.

Amendments 33A and 217A in the name of...

I thank the Minister for an excellent debate; I will make two points. First, I think the Minister...

Moved by

Baroness Fox of Buckley

4: Clause 3, page 3, line 17, leave out paragraphs (...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 4, I will also speak to Amendments 6 to 8 and 12 and consequential ...

My Lords, before I speak to my Amendment 9, which I will be able to do fairly briefly because a g...

My Lords, I rise to speak in support of Amendment 9, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and i...

I will speak to a couple of the amendments in this group. First, small is not safe, and you canno...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley.

I will speak in support of my noble friend Lord Moylan and Amendment 9. I declare an interest as ...

My Lords, as my name is on Amendment 9, I speak to support these amendments and say that they are...

My Lords, this is not the first time in this Committee, and I suspect it will not be the last, wh...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Harding. If one is permitted to say...

For me, one of the features of the schedule’s list of exempted sites is foreign state entities. T...

My Lords, if we needed an example of something that gave us cause for concern, that would be it; ...

My Lords, it has certainly been an interesting debate, and I am grateful to noble Lords on all si...

My Lords, I am sympathetic to arguments that we must avoid imposing disproportionate burdens on r...

My Lords, while my noble friend is talking about the possibility of excessive and disproportionat...

The Bill creates a substantial new role for Ofcom, but it has already substantially recruited and...

My Lords, I thank people for such a wide-ranging and interesting set of contributions. I take com...

Moved by

Lord Moylan

10: Clause 4, page 4, line 8, at end insert—

“(2A) This Ac...

My Lords, I have to start with a slightly unprofessional confession. I accepted the Bill team’s s...

My Lords, I will speak to the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, on moderatio...

Far be it for me to suggest that all the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, are in...

My Lords, I hesitated to speak to the previous group of amendments, but I want to speak in suppor...

My Lords, I violently agree with my noble friend Lord Moylan that the grouping of this amendment ...

My Lords, as might be expected, I will speak against Amendment 26 and will explain why.

The...

My Lords, to go back not just to the age question, the noble Lord, Lord Allan of Hallam, reminded...

My Lords, this has been a very strange debate. It has been the tail end of the last session and a...

Like others, I had prepared quite extensive notes to respond to what I thought the noble Lord was...

My Lords, I agree that this has been a rather unfortunate grouping and has led to a slightly stra...

My Lords I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this slightly disjointed debate...

I just want to make the point that I was talking about zero tolerance at the end of a ladder of t...

I beg the noble Baroness’s pardon; I took that for granted. There are certain things—access to po...

May I intervene, because I have also been named in the noble Lord’s response? My concern is about...

Everything the noble Baroness has said is absolutely right, and I completely agree with her. The ...

I am so sorry, but may I offer just one final thought from the health sector? While the noble Lor...

My Lords, I am now going to attempt for the third time to beg the House’s leave to withdraw my am...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

12A: Clause 6, page 5, line 11, at end insert ...

My Lords, this group of government amendments relates to risk assessments; it may be helpful if I...

My Lords, it is risky to stand between people and their dinner, but I rise very briefly to welcom...

I also welcome these amendments, but I have two very brief questions for the Minister. First, in ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, put her finger exactly on the two questions that I wan...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing this group, and we certainly welcome this...

I am grateful to noble Lords for their questions on this, and particularly grateful to the noble ...

Moved by

Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay

12B: Clause 6, page 5, line 16, at end insert ...