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This is reinforced by Amendment 8, also in the name of the noble Baroness, which tackles the arbitrary SME exemption for digital service providers. A micro-entity or 10-person software house might develop and maintain a proprietary algorithmic routing tool or specialised API that underpins an entire national utility network. Under the Bill’s blunt size thresholds, that entity sits completely outside the statutory duties. Amendment 8 would ensure that, where a small provider poses a systemic risk to public safety, national security or essential infrastructure, regulators can bring it into scope.