Online Safety Bill Debate
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Karin Smyth
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Online Safety Bill
Karin Smyth ExcerptsTuesday 12th July 2022
(2 years, 3 months ago)
Commons ChamberRead Full debate Online Safety Act 2023 Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts Amendment Paper: Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 12 July 2022 - (12 Jul 2022)
Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans)
I will only allow three more points of order, because this is eating into time for very important business. [Interruption.] They are all similar points of order and we could carry on with them until 7 o’clock, but we are not going to do so.
Karin Smyth (Bristol South) (Lab)
Further to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. At the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee this morning, Sir John Major presented evidence to us about propriety and ethics. In that very sombre presentation, he talked about being
“at the top of a slope”
down towards the loss of democracy in this country. Ultimately, the will of Parliament is all we have, so if we do not have Parliament to make the case, what other option do we have?
Several hon. Members rose—