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Baroness Stowell of Beeston's amendment, Clause 39

Online Safety Act 2023

Report stage

Amendment number: 144

Lead member

Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Conservative, 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

Clause 39, page 42, line 10

at end insert—
“(8A) The Secretary of State may not give more further directions than are necessary to achieve the objective set out in the original direction in relation to the draft code.”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would provide that the Secretary of State may give only the minimum number of directions necessary to achieve the objective set out in the original direction.

Sponsors

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
Labour
Life peer
Viscount Colville of Culross
Crossbench
Excepted Hereditary
Lord Clement-Jones
Liberal Democrat
Life peer