Online Safety Bill (Act 2023)

Bill·Enacted in Session 2022-23·Read the text

Overview Timeline42 Debates57 Amendments928

1st readingCommons
17 Mar 2022
1 sitting · 1 debate · 1 speech · 1 speaker
Bill introduced in the Commons by
- Michelle DonelanMember in chargeConservativeon behalf of Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Lord Parkinson of Whitley BayConservativeon behalf of Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
New bill textAs introduced
- 17 Mar 2022Online Safety1 spk · 1 speech
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17 Mar 2022
08 Apr 2022
- Briefing Paper on the Bill
2nd readingCommons
19 Apr 2022
- Programme motion
- Money resolution
- Ways and Means resolution
- Carry-over motion
1 sitting · 1 debate · 88 speeches · 41 speakers
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- 19 Apr 2022Online Safety Bill41 spk · 88 speeches
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20 Apr 2022
- Have your say on the Online Safety Bill
28 Apr 2022
Parliament prorogued
Session 2021-22 ends. Bills still before the House fall — this one was carried over.
10 May 2022
State Opening of Parliament
Session 2022-23 begins with the Queen’s Speech. The bill resumes, and is presented again for a fresh first reading.
1st readingCommons
11 May 2022
1 sitting
New bill textAs introduced
- 11 May 2022Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard
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2nd readingCommons
11 May 2022
1 sitting
- 11 May 2022Formal sittingnot recorded in Hansard
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11 May 2022
- Bill 004 EN 2022-23
Committee stageCommons
24 May – 28 Jun 2022
17 sittings · 17 debates · 1,265 speeches · 15 speakers
101 written evidence submissions — the Professional Publishers Association (PPA), Neil Kendall et al, Girlguiding and 98 others
New bill textAs amended in Public Bill Committee
- 24 May 2022Second sitting8 spk · 140 speeches
- 24 May 2022First sitting7 spk · 75 speeches
- 26 May 2022Third sitting6 spk · 45 speeches
- 26 May 2022Fourth sitting6 spk · 115 speeches
- 07 Jun 2022Fifth sitting6 spk · 67 speeches
- 07 Jun 2022Sixth sitting6 spk · 96 speeches
- 09 Jun 2022Seventh sitting9 spk · 82 speeches
- 09 Jun 2022Eighth sitting8 spk · 57 speeches
- 14 Jun 2022Tenth sitting9 spk · 116 speeches
- 14 Jun 2022Ninth sitting9 spk · 68 speeches
- 16 Jun 2022Twelfth sitting5 spk · 38 speeches
- 16 Jun 2022Eleventh sitting5 spk · 33 speeches
- 21 Jun 2022Thirteenth sitting8 spk · 63 speeches
- 21 Jun 2022Fourteenth sitting10 spk · 105 speeches
- 23 Jun 2022Fifteenth sitting6 spk · 67 speeches
- 28 Jun 2022Sixteenth sitting6 spk · 56 speeches
- 28 Jun 2022Seventeenth sitting7 spk · 42 speeches
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Report stageCommons
12 Jul – 05 Dec 2022
- Programme motion
- Programme motion
- Programme motion
2 sittings · 2 debates · 343 speeches · 70 speakers · 9 divisions
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New bill textAs amended on Report
- 12 Jul 2022Online Safety Bill40 spk · 153 speeches · 5 divisions
- 05 Dec 2022Online Safety Bill46 spk · 190 speeches · 4 divisions
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24 Nov 2022
- Online Safety Bill: Commons Stages
07 Dec 2022
- Online Safety Bill (re-committed Clauses and Schedules): call for evidence
Committee stage (re-committed clauses and schedules)Commons
13 Dec – 15 Dec 2022
3 sittings · 3 debates · 274 speeches · 10 speakers
17 written evidence submissions — Mencap, News Media Association (NMA), Dr Edina Harbinja, Reader in law, Aston Law School, Aston Business School, and Deputy Editor of the Computer Law and Security Review and 14 others
New bill textAs amended on re-committal in Public Bill Committee
- 13 Dec 2022First sitting9 spk · 86 speeches
- 13 Dec 2022Second sitting8 spk · 116 speeches
- 15 Dec 2022Third sitting8 spk · 72 speeches
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Report stageCommons
17 Jan 2023
2 sittings · 2 debates · 98 speeches · 39 speakers · 2 divisions
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- 17 Jan 2023Online Safety Bill1 spk · 1 speech
- 17 Jan 2023Online Safety Bill39 spk · 97 speeches · 2 divisions
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3rd readingCommons
17 Jan 2023
Taken in these debates
- 17 Jan 2023Online Safety Bill1 spk · 1 speech
- 17 Jan 2023Online Safety Bill39 spk · 97 speeches
1st readingLords
18 Jan 2023
1 sitting · 1 debate
New bill textAs brought from the Commons
- 18 Jan 2023Online Safety Billformal
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18 Jan 2023
20 Jan 2023
- Online Safety Bill: Delegated Powers Memorandum
25 Jan 2023
- Online Safety Bill: HL Bill 87
2nd readingLords
01 Feb 2023
2 sittings · 2 debates · 68 speeches · 65 speakers
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- 01 Feb 2023Online Safety Bill1 spk · 1 speech
- 01 Feb 2023Online Safety Bill65 spk · 67 speeches
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07 Mar 2023
- 28th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
17 Mar 2023
- 15th Report of the Select Committee on the Constitution
Committee stageLords
19 Apr – 22 Jun 2023
19 sittings · 19 debates · 853 speeches · 72 speakers · 510 amendments
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510 amendments tabled345 Not moved12 Disagreed40 Withdrawn113 Agreed
New bill textAs amended in Committee
- 19 Apr 2023Online Safety Bill19 spk · 30 speeches
- 25 Apr 2023Online Safety Bill10 spk · 19 speeches
- 25 Apr 2023Online Safety Bill24 spk · 72 speeches
- 27 Apr 2023Online Safety Bill17 spk · 63 speeches
- 27 Apr 2023Online Safety Bill17 spk · 57 speeches
- 02 May 2023Online Safety Bill11 spk · 24 speeches
- 02 May 2023Online Safety Bill22 spk · 70 speeches
- 09 May 2023Online Safety Bill21 spk · 66 speeches
- 09 May 2023Online Safety Bill16 spk · 44 speeches
- 11 May 2023Online Safety Bill19 spk · 52 speeches
- 16 May 2023Online Safety Bill9 spk · 12 speeches
- 16 May 2023Online Safety Bill21 spk · 89 speeches
- 23 May 2023Online Safety Bill18 spk · 42 speeches
- 23 May 2023Online Safety Bill10 spk · 17 speeches
- 25 May 2023Online Safety Bill12 spk · 41 speeches
- 25 May 2023Online Safety Bill13 spk · 32 speeches
- 25 May 2023Online Safety Bill11 spk · 23 speeches
- 22 Jun 2023Online Safety Bill13 spk · 30 speeches
- 22 Jun 2023Online Safety Bill18 spk · 70 speeches
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27 Apr 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to All Peers regarding issues raised during the Committee stage (second day): whether services such as Skyscanner would be classed as search services, the business disruption measures and app stores, the duty on Category 1 services to publish a summary of their risk assessment, if Twitter started publishing pornography on its service.
18 May 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to All Peers regarding issues raised during the Committee Stage of the: access to information in private settings, Lord Clement-Jones’s proposed amendments, llegal content originating overseas, the purpose of clause 11(14), child safety duties and VPNs, Ofcom and companies taking alternative approaches, user verification provisions in relation to Meta, European Convention on Human Rights, school children enrolled in computing classes, fraudulent advertisements.
26 May 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to All Peers regarding issues raised during the Committee Stage: issues relating to devolution, applying the Bill to the Bailiwick of Guernsey or the Isle of Man, how suicide and self harm material is covered by the Bill, parliamentary approval should Ofcom negotiate contracted duties with charities.
28 Jun 2023
- Legislative Consent Motion approved by the Senedd on 27 June 2023
29 Jun 2023
- The Scottish Parliament agreed to Legislative Consent Motion S6M-09765 on 29 June 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to All Peers regarding issues raised during the Committee stage: the use of copyright and contract law when dealing with images wrongly used on pornographic sites, Ofcom’s annual transparency reports, the ‘scope’ of terms of service in the transparency reporting requirements, and more.
03 Jul 2023
- 38th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
Report stageLords
6 Jul – 19 Jul 2023
8 sittings · 8 debates · 464 speeches · 39 speakers · 418 amendments
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418 amendments tabled306 Agreed97 Not moved14 Withdrawn1 Disagreed
New bill textAs amended on Report
- 06 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill7 spk · 13 speeches
- 06 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill15 spk · 53 speeches
- 06 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill12 spk · 63 speeches
- 10 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill20 spk · 55 speeches
- 10 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill7 spk · 12 speeches
- 12 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill20 spk · 72 speeches
- 17 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill19 spk · 119 speeches
- 19 Jul 2023Online Safety Bill17 spk · 77 speeches
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06 Jul 2023
- Online Safety Bill: Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
12 Jul 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to All Peers regarding issues raised during the Report stage (first day): meetings with those working on the front line of self-harm and suicide prevention, setting categorisation thresholds for companies, expectations for services which already prohibit content, identity verification.
18 Jul 2023
- Online Safety Bill: Second Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
19 Jul 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson regarding issues raised during the Report Stage privacy duties in regards to age verification measures, redress for parents when trying to access data relating to a deceased child, The Conservative Woman website, differences in powers to direct, the Bill’s approach to provider content, a mechanism for disputes in relation to decisions about recognised news publishers.
25 Jul 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to peers regarding issues raised in the report stage debates (fourth and fifth days).
31 Aug 2023
- 40th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
04 Sept 2023
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to All Peers regarding Government Amendments at Third Reading: Secretary of State’s powers, remote access for algorithmic testing, threatening communications.
07 Sept 2023
13 Sept 2023
- HL Bill 170 Commons Amendments to Lords Amendments, Consequential Amendments, Disagreements, Amendments in Lieu and Reasons
26 Oct 2023
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