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Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2025

Debate

Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025

Contribution

I am grateful to my noble friend for trying to explain the “just and reasonable” approach. Just to unpick what he said, what is Ofcom consulting about? There seems a disjuncture in what we are trying to do here. We are going to pass this regulation tomorrow—it will be in force in a couple of weeks, according to Ofcom—yet we still do not know whether Ofcom has completed its discussion about whether companies are prepared to accept “just and reasonable”. Is that a fair summary of where we are?

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