- Bill introduced in the Commons by
- Bill 285 2021-22 (as introduced)
- Bill 285 EN 2021-22
- Bill 285 2021-22 (as introduced) - large print
- Bill 285 EN 2021-22 - large print
- Impact Assessment from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and Home Office
- Memorandum from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Home Office
- Letter from Chris Philp MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding 3 documents for deposit in the House libraries.
- Briefing Paper on the Bill
- 2nd reading, Programme motion, Money resolution, Ways and Means resolution, Carry-over motion in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗41 speakers · 88 speeches
- Have your say on the Online Safety Bill
- 1st reading in the Commons2nd reading in the Commons
- Bill 004 2022-23 (as introduced)
- Bill 004 EN 2022-23
- Bill 004 2022-23 (as introduced) - large print
- Bill 004 EN 2022-23 - large print
- Written evidence submitted by the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) (OSB01)
- Written evidence submitted by the Alliance to Counter Crime Online and the World Parrot Trust (joint submission) (OSB04)
- Written evidence submitted by Which? (OSB05)
- Written evidence submitted by Index on Censorship (OSB06)
- Written evidence submitted by the Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) (OSB08)
- Written evidence submitted by the International Justice Mission (IJM UK) (OSB09)
- Written evidence submitted by SWGfL - Safety & Security Online (OSB12)
- Written evidence submitted by Microsoft (OSB15)
- Written evidence submitted by Age Verification Providers Association (OSB16)
- Written evidence submitted by techUK (OSB17)
- Written evidence submitted by Centre for Media Monitoring (OSB19)
- Written evidence submitted by Save Online Speech Coalition (OSB20)
- Written evidence submitted by Bumble (OSB21)
- Written evidence submitted by Professor Clare McGlynn (OSB22)
- Written evidence submitted by Neil Kendall et al (OSB02)
- Written evidence submitted by Girlguiding (OSB03)
- Written evidence submitted by the Alliance for Intellectual Property (OSB07)
- Written evidence submitted by the Local Government Association (LGA) (OSB10)
- Written evidence submitted by Russ Elliott (OSB11)
- Written evidence submitted by Action for Primates and Lady Freethinker (OSB13)
- Written evidence submitted by Association of British Insurers (ABI) (OSB14)
- Written evidence submitted by UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie), the trade association for the UK's video games industry (OSB18)
- Written evidence submitted by Antisemitism Policy Trust (OSB23)
- Written evidence submitted by the Investment Association (OSB24)
- Written evidence submitted by the Mid-Sized Platform Group (OSB26)
- Written evidence submitted by 5Rights Foundation, NSPCC and Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety (CHIS) (and others) (joint submission on Children's Amendments on the Bill) (OSB32)
- Written evidence submitted by the Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB UK) (Annex - IAB UK Digital advertising industry commitment to tackle scam advertising online) (OSB33A)
- Written evidence submitted by The British Psychological Society (OSB35)
- Written evidence submitted by Paul Wragg (OSB36)
- Written evidence submitted by Global Encryption Coalition signatories (joint submission) (OSB37)
- Written evidence submitted by Internet Matters (OSB38)
- Written evidence submitted by Jeremy Peckham (OSB25)
- Written evidence submitted by Carnegie UK (OSB27)
- Written evidence submitted by Full Fact (OSB28)
- Written evidence submitted by the Together Association (OSB29)
- Written evidence submitted by The Christian Institute (OSB30)
- Written evidence submitted by Clean Up the Internet (OSB31)
- Written evidence submitted by the Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB UK) (OSB33)
- Written evidence submitted by the Victims' Commissioner (OSB34)
- Written evidence submitted by LV= General Insurance (OSB39)
- Written evidence submitted by the Epilepsy Society (OSB40)
- Written evidence submitted by Free Speech Union (OSB41)
- Written evidence submitted by Graham Smith (OSB42)
- Written evidence submitted by End Violence Against Women coalition, Glitch, Refuge, Carnegie UK, 5Rights, NSPCC and Professors Lorna Woods and Clare McGlynn (joint submission) (OSB45)
- Written evidence submitted by Sky (OSB46)
- Written evidence submitted by Graham Smith (further submission) (OSB48)
- Written evidence submitted by CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) (OSB49)
- Written evidence submitted by the Age Verification Providers Association (supplementary submission) (OSB50)
- Written evidence submitted by Google UK (supplementary submission) (OSB52)
- Written evidence submitted by Reset (supplementary submission) (OSB54)
- Written evidence submitted by Public Service Broadcasters (BBC, Channel 4, and Channel 5) (OSB55)
- Written evidence submitted by Which? (OSB56)
- Written evidence submitted by the Independent Media Association (OSB58)
- Written evidence submitted by the Hacked Off Campaign (OSB59)
- Written evidence submitted by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (OSB60)
- Written evidence submitted by the Center for Data Innovation (OSB43)
- Written evidence submitted by the Samaritans (OSB44)
- Written evidence submitted by Peter Wright, Editor Emeritus, DMG Media (OSB47)
- Written evidence submitted by the Legal Advice Centre at Queen Mary, University of London, and Mishcon de Reya LLP (joint submission) (OSB51)
- Written evidence submitted by Refuge (supplementary submission) (OSB53)
- Written evidence submitted by Professor Corinne Fowler, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester (OSB57)
- Written evidence submitted by the Badger Trust (OSB61)
- Written evidence submitted by the LEGO Group (OSB62)
- Written evidence submitted by Juul Labs (OSB66)
- Written evidence submitted by Big Brother Watch, ARTICLE 19, Open Rights Group, Index on Censorship, and Global Partners Digital (OSB67)
- Written evidence submitted by the End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) (OSB63)
- Written evidence submitted by the Hacked Off Campaign (further submission) (re: clause 50) (OSB64)
- Written evidence submitted by the Office of the City Remembrancer, on behalf of the City of London Corporation and City of London Police (OSB65)
- Written evidence submitted by News Media Association (supplementary submission) (OSB68)
- Written evidence submitted by Full Fact (supplementary submission) (OSB69)
- Written evidence submitted by Care Quality Commission (CQC) (OSB70)
- Written evidence submitted by Oxford University's Child-Centred AI initiative, Department of Computer Science (OSB71)
- Written evidence submitted by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) (OSB74)
- Written evidence submitted by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) (OSB72)
- Written evidence submitted by Claudine Tinsman, doctoral candidate in Cyber Security at the University of Oxford (OSB73)
- Written evidence submitted by the Advertising Standards Authority (OSB75)
- Written evidence submitted by YoungMinds (OSB76)
- Written evidence submitted by Meta (supplementary submission) (OSB79)
- Written evidence submitted by Aviva (OSB80)
- Written evidence submitted by Barnardo's (OSB84)
- Written evidence submitted by The Children's Society (OSB85)
- Written evidence submitted by Professor Clare McGlynn, Durham Law School, Durham University, and Professor Lorna Woods OBE, School of Law, University of Essex (OSB86)
- Written evidence submitted by James Wilson (OSB78)
- Written evidence submitted by the Church of Scotland (OSB81)
- Written evidence submitted by WebGroup Czech Republic, a.s. and NKL Associates s.r.o. (OSB82)
- Written evidence submitted by Professor Uta Kohl, Professor of Law at Southampton Law School, and Dr Napoleon Xanthoulis, Lecturer in Law at Southampton Law School (OSB83)
- Written evidence submitted by Open Rights Group (OSB88)
- Written evidence submitted by Glassdoor, Inc (OSB87)
- Bill 121 2022-23 (as amended in Public Bill Committee)
- Bill 121 2022-23 (as amended in Public Bill Committee) - large print
- Written evidence submitted by Amazon UK (OSB91)
- Written evidence submitted by Demos (supplementary submission) (OSB92)
- Written evidence submitted by Sam Guinness (OSB94)
- Written evidence submitted by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner (OSB96)
- Written evidence submitted by The football authorities (Kick It Out, The FA, The Premier League, EFL, Women's Super League, Women's Championship, National League, Isthmian League, Southern League, Northern Premier League, Professional Footballers Association, League Managers' Association, Professional Game Match Officials, and Women in Football) (joint submission) (OSB97)
- Written evidence submitted by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust (OSB98)
- Written evidence submitted by Liberty (OSB99)
- Written evidence submitted by the Mental Health Foundation (OSB89)
- Written evidence submitted by CEASE UK (OSB90)
- Written evidence submitted by Dave 'Yardfish' (OSB93)
- Written evidence submitted by M. Jenny Edwards, Criminologist and international subject matter expert (SME), Chandler Edwards (OSB95)
- Written evidence submitted by Ibrahim Chaudry (OSB100)
- Programme motion, Report stage in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗40 speakers · 153 speeches
- Online Safety Bill: Commons Stages
- Programme motion, Report stage, Programme motion in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗46 speakers · 190 speechesDivision #110Programme (No. 4) MotionAyes 314Noes 216
- Bill 209 2022-23 (As Amended on Report)
- Online Safety Bill (re-committed Clauses and Schedules): call for evidence
- Committee stage (re-committed clauses and schedules) in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗9 speakers · 86 speechesCommittee stage (re-committed clauses and schedules) in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗8 speakers · 116 speeches
- Written evidence submitted by Mencap (OSB101)
- Written evidence submitted by News Media Association (NMA) (OSB102)
- Written evidence submitted by Carnegie UK (OSB104)
- Written evidence submitted by Big Brother Watch (OSB107)
- Written evidence submitted by Microsoft (OSB108)
- Written evidence submitted by Internet Society (OSB109)
- Written evidence submitted by the Wikimedia Foundation (OSB112)
- Written evidence submitted by Dr Edina Harbinja, Reader in law, Aston Law School, Aston Business School, and Deputy Editor of the Computer Law and Security Review (OSB103)
- Written evidence submitted by Full Fact (OSB105)
- Written evidence submitted by the Antisemitism Policy Trust (OSB106)
- Written evidence submitted by Parent Zone (OSB110)
- Written evidence submitted by Robin Wilton (OSB111)
- Committee stage (re-committed clauses and schedules) in the CommonsView in Hansard ↗8 speakers · 72 speeches
- Written evidence submitted by Jeffrey Howard, Associate Professor of Political Theory and Director of the Online Speech Project, School of Public Policy, University College London (OSB115)
- Written evidence submitted by Meta (OSB117)
- Written evidence submitted by HOPE not hate (OSB113)
- Written evidence submitted by Samaritans (OSB114)
- Written evidence submitted by the Open Rights Group (OSB116)
- Bill 220 2022-23 [as amended on re-committal, in Public Bill Committee]
- Bill 220 2022-23 [as amended on re-committal, in Public Bill Committee] - large print
- 1st reading in the LordsView in Hansard ↗
Formal stage — recorded in Hansard.
- HL Bill 87(Rev) (as brought from the Commons)
- HL Bill 87 Explanatory Notes
- Impact Assessment
- Supplementary Impact Assessment - Regulatory Policy Committee Opinion
- Overview of expected impact of changes to the Online Safety Bill
- Online Safety Bill: HL Bill 87
- 28th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
- 15th Report of the Select Committee on the Constitution
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 38th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
- 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.
- HL Bill 164 (as amended on Report)
- 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.
- Letter from Lord Parkinson to peers regarding issues raised in the report stage debates (fourth and fifth days).
- 40th Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee
- 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.
- Bill 362 2022-23 (Lords Amendments)
- Bill 362 EN 2022-23
- 41st Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee