Communications and Digital Committee
3 November 2026
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Communications and Digital Committee House of Lords
Follow its sittings00:05 - 00:37
Speaker 9
Good afternoon, and welcome to this meeting of the Communications and Digital Select Committee. Today, we'll continue our inquiry into the Online Safety Act and examine how far the implementation of the act to date matches up with the intentions of those involved in developing and scrutinising the legislation. And all of you, our witnesses, played an important role in that process, and I'd like to thank you very much for joining us today. Before we move on to questions, could I start by asking you each to introduce yourselves? You don't need introduction, I think, to many of us, but I think for the broadcast.
00:37 - 01:04
Speaker 6
Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. I'm Jeremy Wright. I was the Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport between 2018 and 19, which is when we produced the Online Harms White Paper. And then, having left government, I chaired the All-Party Group on Digital Regulation and Responsibility, which acted, I hope, as a forum for several in both Houses, some of whom are around this table, to discuss the progress of the bill and amendments to it.
01:04 - 01:06
Speaker 1
Thank you. Lorna.
01:06 - 01:20
Speaker 4
I'm Lorna Woods. I'm Professor Emerita at the University of Essex. Until recently, I was Professor of Internet Law there and a member of the Human Rights Centre. And I am adviser to the Online Safety Network.
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