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Lord Griffiths of Burry Port's amendment, Schedule 11

Online Safety Act 2023

Committee stage

Amendment number: 192A

Lead member

Lord Griffiths of Burry Port
Labour, Life peer
Lords

Decision

Not moved
The amendment was not moved. The House was not invited to take a decision on it (though it may have been debated with other amendments).

Amendment text

Schedule 11, page 216, line 31

at end insert—
“(1A) Regulations made under sub-paragraph (1) must provide for any regulated user-to-user service which OFCOM assesses as posing a very high risk of harm due to suicide, self-harm, or eating disorder content to be included within Category 1, regardless of the number of users.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would require any regulated user-to-user service, regardless of size, which Ofcom assesses as posing a very high risk of harm due to suicide, self-harm, or eating disorder content to be included as a Category 1 platform.

Sponsors

Baroness Parminter
Liberal Democrat
Life peer
Baroness Bull
Crossbench
Life peer