Member

The noble Lord may not appreciate this—I hope he does—but I want to invite him to withdraw his amendment and to give him a clear commitment that DSIT Ministers, in particular, and Home Office Ministers such as me will meet with him again ahead of 18 March, in light of the crossover we have had in our discussions on the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Kidron, to work through the merits of his approach and the alternatives that we are proposing. In the Government’s view, they are a more comprehensive way of achieving our shared end goal of preventing the proliferation of child sexual abuse and, in doing so, systematically protecting children from grooming.