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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2025
Debate
Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025Contribution
My noble friend also asked about the principle of a “just and reasonable” approach. Apportionment is a process of allocating revenues between the relevant parts of a regulated service and other parts, including non-relevant or non-regulated services, when the right attribution is not possible. For example, Apple has hardware to sell and has online services, so it needs to apportion which is relevant and which is not.
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