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Lord Evans of Sealand (Lab)
Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 November 2025
Debate
Online Safety Act 2023: Online Hate and RacismContribution
My Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that if we are to tackle hate we must tackle the causes of hate? That requires a whole-government—indeed, a whole-nation—response. Given the truth of the African proverb, “A goat that belongs to everybody starves to death”, can he reassure me that there will be the necessary co-ordination, measurement and impetus to ensure that the necessary action is taken?
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