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I hope that in responding the Minister will follow not just the commitments that I made when I was in her place in a previous Parliament but the spirit that ushered that Act on to the statute book. It was a great example of cross-party working in this House. I feel rather existential; the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, asked whether anything a Minister says at the Dispatch Box is worth it. The noble Lord, Lord Stevenson, pointed out that the Parkinson rule has been honoured more in the breach than the observance. I hope that in responding to the regrets that have been voiced in all corners of the House, the Minister will act in the spirit of the debates that gave us this landmark Act. We will continue to scrutinise it to make sure it does indeed make the United Kingdom the safest place to be online.