Select Committee · Communications and Digital Committee

Online Safety Bill

Status: Closed Opened: 21 Nov 2022 Closed: 25 Jan 2023

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
25 Jan 2023 Orla MacRae · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Paul Scully MP · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport View ↗
6 Dec 2022 Dr Edina Harbinja · Aston University, Matthew Feeney · Centre for Policy Studies, Professor Lorna Woods · Essex Law School, University of Essex, Richard Collard · NSPCC View ↗

Who gave evidence

7 witnesses

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WitnessOrganisationSessions
Dr Edina Harbinja · Senior Lecturer in Media and Privacy Law, Aston Law School Aston University 1
Matthew Feeney · Head of Tech & Innovation Centre for Policy Studies 1
Orla MacRae · Deputy Director for Online Harms Regulation Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1
Paul Scully MP · Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1
Professor Lorna Woods · Professor of Law Essex Law School, University of Essex 1
Richard Collard · Policy and Regulatory Manager NSPCC 1
The Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay · Minister for Arts Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1

Correspondence

11 letters

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PublishedDirectionLetter
22 May 2025 To committee Joint letter from the Chair and Chi Onwurah MP, Chair, House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, dated 21 May 2025
9 May 2025 From committee Letter to the Chair from Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, dated 25 April 2025
27 Mar 2023 From committee Letter to the Chair from Richard Collard, Policy and Regulatory Manager, NSPCC, dated 21 December 2022
1 Mar 2023 From committee Letter to the Chair from Paul Scully MP, Minister for London and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, dated 23 February 2023
8 Feb 2023 From committee Letter to the Chair from Mark Buse, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Government Relations and Policy, Match Group, dated 31 January 2023
30 Jan 2023 To committee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, 30 January 2023
25 Jan 2023 From committee Letter to the Chair from Paul Scully MP, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy and Minister for London, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, dated 17 January 2023
24 Jan 2023 From committee Letter to the Chair from Professor Lorna Woods OBE, Professor of Internet Law, University of Essex, dated 13 December 2022
24 Jan 2023 From committee Letter to the Chair from Dr Edina Harbinja, Reader in Law, Aston University, dated 11 December 2022
24 Jan 2023 From committee Letter to the Chair from Matthew Feeney, Head of Technology & Innovation, Centre for Policy Studies and Dr Edina Harbinja, Reader in Law, Aston University, dated 13 December 2022
21 Dec 2022 To committee Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, dated 22 December 2022