The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Hanson of Flint) (Lab): My Lords, I welcome this debate.

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Themes: Child safety & minors · Online platforms · Search services

Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

My Lords, I welcome this debate. As of this week, I have been in your Lordships’ House just over a year and today is the first opportunity I have had to exchange views with the noble Lord, Lord Lebedev. I appreciate the opportunity to do so and thank him for the powerful case that he made and the arguments he has put forward. I thank noble Lords from across the House—though mostly not from my side of it—for their contributions to this debate. I want to make an initial statement which, I hope, will resonate with noble Lords across the Committee. The Government are clear that freedom of speech i

My Lords, I welcome this debate. As of this week, I have been in your Lordships’ House just over a year and today is the first opportunity I have had to exchange views with the noble Lord, Lord Lebedev. I appreciate the opportunity to do so and thank him for the powerful case that he made and the arguments he has put forward. I thank noble Lords from across the House—though mostly not from my side of it—for their contributions to this debate. I want to make an initial statement which, I hope, will resonate with noble Lords across the Committee. The Government are clear that freedom of speech i…

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