Public Representatives: Online Abuse

Lord McNally Excerpts
Wednesday 16th June 2021

(3 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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The Government are clear that abuse is unacceptable, whether anonymous or not. Our intention is to try to address that.

Lord McNally Portrait Lord McNally (LD)
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My Lords, all our thoughts are with the Cox family today. Does the Minister agree that what we now know makes it more and more clear that the report of the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, for this House, Digital Technology and the Resurrection of Trust, should be included in the work of both the pre-legislative scrutiny committee and the final Bill committee?

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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As the noble Lord knows, we look forward to pre-legislative scrutiny starting. It will be up to that panel to decide what they will cover within it.