Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Online Safety Bill on innovation of internet services.

An assessment of the potential impacts of the provisions set out on the Online Safety Bill on both competition between in-scope internet services and on innovation of in-scope services has been undertaken and was published in the Online Safety Bill impact assessment on 17 March 2022.

DCMS will also publish draft legislation to address the far-reaching power of the biggest tech firms as part of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill. The new pro- competition regime will address the underlying causes of substantial market power, creating a more competitive and vibrant digital economy.