What is the scale of livestreamed child sexual abuse in the UK and abroad, what technological solutions are there, and what regulatory approaches exist?

What is the scale of livestreamed child sexual abuse in the UK and abroad, what technological solutions are there, and what regulatory approaches exist?

The Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] is a wide-ranging bill that aims to reform the way the UK financial services sector is regulated. This briefing provides a summary of the bill’s second reading and committee stage in the House of Lords ahead of its further consideration at report.

The Financial Services and Markets Bill [HL] is a wide-ranging bill that aims to reform the way the UK financial services sector is regulated. This briefing provides a summary of the bill’s second reading and committee stage in the House of Lords ahead of its further consideration at report.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect consumers from artificial intelligence-enabled financial fraud and scams conducted through online platforms and messaging services.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect consumers from artificial intelligence-enabled financial fraud and scams conducted through online platforms and messaging services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the availability of guidance to parents following the planned social media ban for under 16s; what steps her Department will take to involve parents in the protection of their children online;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the availability of guidance to parents following the planned social media ban for under 16s; what steps her Department will take to involve parents in the protection of their children online;...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regulation of artificial intelligence use in healthcare; and what assessment they have made of the potential need for legislation to protect patient safety and address algorithm-bias, clinicians’ accountability, and medical legal liability within the NHS.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regulation of artificial intelligence use in healthcare; and what assessment they have made of the potential need for legislation to protect patient safety and address algorithm-bias, clinicians’ accountability, and medical legal liability within the NHS.

Last month I announced a landmark package of measures to better protect children online. We announced that social media companies will no longer be able to offer their services to under-16s, introduced new restrictions on livestreaming and communications with strangers, and became the first country in the world to ban...

Last month I announced a landmark package of measures to better protect children online. We announced that social media companies will no longer be able to offer their services to under-16s, introduced new restrictions on livestreaming and communications with strangers, and became the first country in the world to ban...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP.

Last month I announced a landmark package of measures to better protect children online. We announced that social...

I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP.

Last month I announced a landmark package of measures to better protect children online. We announced that social...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of consumer protection legislation in relation to the use of artificial intelligence to generate summaries of online reviews.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of consumer protection legislation in relation to the use of artificial intelligence to generate summaries of online reviews.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on 15 June (HC Deb 592), whether they plan to take steps to prevent AI chatbots providing inadequate safeguarding advice and misleading information to child users.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on 15 June (HC Deb 592), whether they plan to take steps to prevent AI chatbots providing inadequate safeguarding advice and misleading information to child users.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to protect children from harm caused by AI chatbots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to protect children from harm caused by AI chatbots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether, following the Government's announcement on measures to address AI chatbots producing romantic and sexual content for children, it plans to take further steps to close gaps relating to chatbots providing safeguarding advice and misleading information to child users.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether, following the Government's announcement on measures to address AI chatbots producing romantic and sexual content for children, it plans to take further steps to close gaps relating to chatbots providing safeguarding advice and misleading information to child users.

Moved by

Lord Massey of Hampstead

144A: After Clause 28, insert the following new Clause—

“Appointed representatives: impact assessment

(1) Before any provision of this Act relating to the appointed representatives regime comes into force, the FCA must conduct and publish an impact assessment of the effect of those provisions on—

(a) the number of...

Moved by

Lord Massey of Hampstead

144A: After Clause 28, insert the following new Clause—

“Appointed representatives: impact assessment

(1) Before any provision of this Act relating to the appointed representatives regime comes into force, the FCA must conduct and publish an impact assessment of the effect of those provisions on—

(a) the number of...

My Lords, I should again declare my interest as chairman of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, as set out in the register of interests, although I should also state that Canaccord has no appointed representatives, which is the subject of this amendment.

I do not oppose these reforms in principle, although we...

My Lords, I should again declare my interest as chairman of Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management, as set out in the register of interests, although I should also state that Canaccord has no appointed representatives, which is the subject of this amendment.

I do not oppose these reforms in principle, although we...

My Lords, I will say a few words in support of my noble friend Lord Massey’s amendment. We should not forget that many of these small firms coming into the market are to be valued in Britain’s highly competitive industry—until there was too much regulation, perhaps—and we rely on them....

My Lords, I will say a few words in support of my noble friend Lord Massey’s amendment. We should not forget that many of these small firms coming into the market are to be valued in Britain’s highly competitive industry—until there was too much regulation, perhaps—and we rely on them....

My Lords, we support the questions that this probing amendment is asking. My noble friend Lord Massey of Hampstead has put forward a sensible and important amendment, because it asks the Government and the FCA to consider the practical effects of the Bill’s changes on appointed representatives before those changes...

My Lords, we support the questions that this probing amendment is asking. My noble friend Lord Massey of Hampstead has put forward a sensible and important amendment, because it asks the Government and the FCA to consider the practical effects of the Bill’s changes on appointed representatives before those changes...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising the importance of ensuring that measures to make the appointed representatives regime safer do not undermine the benefits provided by that regime. This amendment would require the FCA to publish an impact assessment before the measures can take effect.

I...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising the importance of ensuring that measures to make the appointed representatives regime safer do not undermine the benefits provided by that regime. This amendment would require the FCA to publish an impact assessment before the measures can take effect.

I...

I thank the Minister for his response and take reassurance that some of the measures that I raised have been dealt with already by the FCA, as it has—hopefully—assessed the impact of these quite significant changes, which, as I mentioned at the beginning, do add to regulation, rather than taking...

I thank the Minister for his response and take reassurance that some of the measures that I raised have been dealt with already by the FCA, as it has—hopefully—assessed the impact of these quite significant changes, which, as I mentioned at the beginning, do add to regulation, rather than taking...

Tabled by

Lord Stockwood

145: Clause 29, page 34, line 32, leave out “is in force” and insert “has effect”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would make section 55AA(4) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 consistent with section 55A(3) of that Act (as amended by this clause).

Tabled by

Lord Stockwood

145: Clause 29, page 34, line 32, leave out “is in force” and insert “has effect”

Member’s explanatory statement

This amendment would make section 55AA(4) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 consistent with section 55A(3) of that Act (as amended by this clause).

I beg to move.

I beg to move.