Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab): My Lords, I acknowledge all the hard work, and the cross-party consensus, that went into creating the Online Safety Act.

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Ecosystems: UK Online Safety Act

My Lords, I acknowledge all the hard work, and the cross-party consensus, that went into creating the Online Safety Act. For all the questions that noble Lords are raising today, it is still seen as being a global leader on online safety, so it is certainly nothing we should be ashamed of. I still believe it will be transformative when it is rolled out in the next few weeks and months, when it really will begin to have an impact. I pay tribute to those who did all that work at the time. There has been a suggestion that we have just kowtowed in some way. I cannot tell noble Lords for how many h

My Lords, I acknowledge all the hard work, and the cross-party consensus, that went into creating the Online Safety Act. For all the questions that noble Lords are raising today, it is still seen as being a global leader on online safety, so it is certainly nothing we should be ashamed of. I still believe it will be transformative when it is rolled out in the next few weeks and months, when it really will begin to have an impact. I pay tribute to those who did all that work at the time. There has been a suggestion that we have just kowtowed in some way. I cannot tell noble Lords for how many h…

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