Online Safety Bill

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, and the noble Baroness, Lady...

My Lords, I declare my interests as chair of 5Rights Foundation and the Digital Futures Commissio...

My Lords, that is not an easy speech to follow, but I begin by declaring my interest as a Church ...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as a trustee of the Loughborough Wellbeing Centre, dir...

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan—and slightly intimidating. ...

My Lords, the internet is a double-edged sword. It enables people to connect with work, education...

My Lords, it is an honour and privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Campbell, and all thos...

My Lords, I refer to my registered interests, in particular my work with Common Sense Media, a US...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow other noble Lords on this issue. This legislation is undoubt...

My Lords, I have two observations, two pleas, one offer of help and four minutes to deliver all t...

My Lords, I thank Mencap and the Royal College of Psychiatrists for their briefings. I will speak...

My Lords, I am humbled to speak in this debate among many noble Lords who have spent years involv...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell, and so many other fine spe...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Kidron for her tenacious moral leadership on this issue. I...

My Lords, I declare my interest, as set out in the register, as a member of the advisory council ...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill, but regret the time it has taken to arrive. To make the UK the safe...

My Lords, I support this important Bill, but with some concerns. As drafted, it does not go far e...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a series producer of online and linear content. I, like many n...

My Lords, it is an enormous privilege to follow so many powerful speeches. My second daughter was...

My Lords, this is indeed a huge, complex and courageous Bill which deserves widespread support. D...

My Lords, the Secretary of State, Michelle Donelan, has acknowledged that protecting children is ...

My Lords, I begin by thanking the House of Lords Library and various organisations for their brie...

My Lords, I generally welcome the Bill and I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, for ...

My Lords, it is an honour to follow the intriguing suggestion of the noble Lord, Lord Brooke, abo...

My Lords, the internet is in so many ways a wonderful new continent, discovered only in my adult ...

My Lords, I am pleased to add my name to the Second Reading of such an important but complex Bill...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill but it is very long overdue. The Second Reading of my Private Member...

My Lords, I begin with a brief refection on my 26 years or thereabouts on the internet, which saw...

My Lords, if a child goes to the Windmill club, the most famous strip club in Soho, the bouncers ...

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as in the register, and I thank all those who have sen...

My Lords, I want to talk about the link between online financial scams and mental health. People ...

My Lords, it is beyond any doubt that an Online Safety Bill is needed. The internet has been left...

My Lords, I declare my interests as deputy chairman of the Telegraph Media Group and director of ...

My Lords, the power to amplify, together with the volume and speed of the online world, has put p...

My Lords, like other contributors to the debate, I support the Bill, but that does not mean that ...

My Lords, I am sure I have been annoying my noble friend the Minister for the last year by asking...

My Lords, I do not think anyone in this House would disagree with the idea that freedom of expres...

My Lords, it is a huge honour to speak immediately after the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy. She is...

My Lords, finally, the long-awaited Online Safety Bill arrives. The noise preceding it has been d...

My Lords, I speak in this Second Reading debate with little detailed knowledge of the digital wor...

My Lords, it is clear from the last speech that we must do much more to protect impressionable yo...

My Lords, we are privileged to live in an age of internet technology, which gives us greater acce...

My Lords, this debate has attracted a lot of attention: some 60 speakers, nearly all of whom have...

My Lords, I want to focus primarily on the safeguarding of children. I support the general provis...

My Lords, they say that there is no such thing as a free lunch. When it comes to the social media...

My Lords, several Peers have mentioned the Digital Economy Act 2017 and the sadness of the consti...

My Lords, like every noble Lord today I welcome the arrival of this Bill after such a long wait. ...

My Lords, I am very thankful to be in this House to discuss this Bill. I know many Lords have com...

My Lords, I shall attempt to be brief but, based on previous experience with other speakers, that...

An offence in this Bill is an offence under the law of any part of the UK. There is a complex int...

My Lords, I very much welcome the Bill to the House, late as it may be. Like the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I welcome the Bill’s commitment to protecting children online, yet, like many noble Lor...

My Lords, like other noble Lords, I welcome the Bill and the opportunity it presents, if it is st...

My Lords, no Bill that we can devise now can ever offer a complete solution to every online risk ...

My Lords, as a former journalist and online publisher, I welcome this Bill. It is imperfect, of c...

My Lords, I declare an interest as an investor, adviser and entrepreneur in the technology indust...

My Lords, what a privilege it is to follow so many distinguished noble Lords, and in particular t...

My Lords, no one who has heard Molly Russell’s story can be in any doubt about the need to better...

My Lords, it is hard to think of something new to say at the end of such a long debate, but I am ...

My Lords, I also welcome this belated Bill, particularly its protections for children. All of us,...

My Lords, it has been well observed that the social media companies and YouTube are now the publi...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed introduction and his considerable engagement on t...

My Lords, I start by apologising for having absented myself during part of the debate. I promise ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the very many noble Lords who have spoken this afternoon and this even...