Speeches by Wright.

“These are important weeds because, as I say, there is a difference between inclusion in the code of practice and not. If what you include in the code of practice is simply an expectation that people will use a tool that they themselves think is an accurate tool to use, that is only of value if you are prepared to say. …”

“If a platform says, “I haven’t used it because I don’t think it is accurate,” do you simply accept that or have you a way of verifying whether that is a reasonable argument?”

“You will need to be in a position to assess the accuracy of each of these tools to do that.”

“Are you expecting them to do that verification rather than you doing it?”

“Are you talking about hash matching technology and the like?”

“I want to track back, if I can, to what Mark said about proactive tools that might be available to the industry to make sure this content is not there in the first place, which is what we are all hoping to achieve. With the structure of the Act, as you are well aware, and the importance of the codes of practice, it mat…”

“I could talk about this all afternoon, but I won’t.”

“Just one more from me. You are right, of course, that the Act in its current form does not include anything beyond material that is harmful to children or illegal content. I suppose the only area where that might not be true is when we come to the categorisation process and we talk about the powers given to users to co…”

“Understood. Jessica, I know you want to come in on this.”

“Sorry to interrupt you. The systems they will apply will be based on the expectations that you, as the regulator, have set. That is the way it works, as you well know. You have been busily constructing your codes of practice because we, as legislators, have handed to you responsibility to set out what compliance with t…”

“It may be helpful for you to know that we will come to this with some separate questions. Perhaps if I can ask you just to limit yourself at the moment to the question that I have asked, which is about the expectations that Ofcom has for success. What are you looking for platforms to do by way of change? Do you think t…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend not just on securing this debate, but on all the work he has done on this subject. He knows that he and I and our right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Esther McVey) and others have been raising it for many years now. He also knows that the Secretary of State has said he wants time to t…”

“The Minister will recognise that one way to increase the supply of clean energy is to enable community energy projects to supply local energy markets. When Ministers are asked about that, as he knows they have been many times, they generally say that there is no technical obstacle to it happening, but will the Minister…”

“I accept it is not in force yet; it is about when it will be.”

“To put it another way, what is the context that would make those statements acceptable to you?”

“On the responsibilities that you have both described, do you take the view—from your platforms’ perspectives—that those responsibilities are any different during election periods? If so, how does your behaviour change either in relation to the resources you allocate or in any other way?”

“If I understood the earlier evidence properly, the answer to that last point might be that the proactive monitoring of MPs’ profiles only happens at election time, and does not happen outside election time. We might ask you to clarify that. I wanted to ask about anonymity, which we talked about a moment ago with Clive.…”

“I am sorry to press you, but that is not an answer to my question. I asked you very specifically what the word credible means in this context. It is not a question about what process you apply in relation to law enforcement. It is not a question about an individual piece of content. It is a question about what the poli…”

“Forgive me: I am not asking you to tell us about an individual decision for an individual piece of content. I am asking you to explain what your policy means. What does the word credible mean?”

“Can I come back to the question of credibility? It is very important that we understand, as a Conference, the position that your platforms take—that you have a chance to set it out accurately. Credibility can mean a number of different things. It could mean to a police officer whether or not someone actually has the me…”