My Lords, having listened off and on to the debate, it strikes me that my noble friend the Minister has made it clear to all of us that there will be, first, a consultation and then legislation before Easter. I hope that I have that right. In which case, there are roughly 10 sitting weeks between 1 January and Easter. Consultation would normally take between five and six weeks, by the time that you have had responses, understood them and printed a response to them. You are then left with very few weeks in which to legislate. I ask my noble friend: will this legislation be by order, perhaps under the European Communities Act or by another route, or does she really think it possible to get primary legislation through both Houses by Easter?
Online Safety Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Skelmersdale
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Friday, 11 December 2015.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Online Safety Bill [HL].
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