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Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 14 Nov 2023
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Lord Butler of Brockwell (XB - Life peer) One is loot boxes and the other is “celebrity” or “influencer” streaming of gambling content. - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) to scrutinise our progress on them.On loot boxes, the Government are committed to ensuring that video - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Online Safety Bill
Report stage - Wed 19 Jul 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Benjamin (LDEM - Life peer) the world are looking for ways to extend the rule of law into the online world, which has become the - Speech Link
2: None so addicted to reward loops of games and other media that they needed to attend a gambling or gaming - Speech Link
3: Baroness Merron (LAB - Life peer) my noble friend Lord Knight spoke of the need for a review about loot boxes and video games. - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) It also highlights that obligations on services extend to the design and operation of the service. - Speech Link
5: None Clause so that the provisions mentioned extend to England and Wales only. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Online Safety Bill
Report stage - Mon 17 Jul 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Does it extend to employees’ laptops and phones? - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LDEM - Life peer) I know that the Minister has read us from cover to cover, but at paragraph 381 on the draft Bill we said - Speech Link
3: Lord Knight of Weymouth (LAB - Life peer) A third of gamers receiving treatment there were spending money on loot boxes in games such as “Fortnite - Speech Link
4: None I gather that the Minister’s department has a working group to examine loot boxes. - Speech Link
5: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) That can include children themselves.On the questions asked by the noble Lord, Lord Knight, on loot boxes - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Online Safety Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Tue 02 May 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) aeroplanes and automobiles and the different regimes that cover their usage to illustrate some of our - Speech Link
2: Baroness Kidron (CB - Life peer) More than half of the 100 top-grossing mobile phone apps contain loot boxes, which are well established - Speech Link
3: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) Bill extend to how regulated services design and operate their services. - Speech Link
4: Lord Clement-Jones (LDEM - Life peer) She quoted it, saying:“The duties set out … are to be taken to extend only to content that is harmful - Speech Link
5: Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB - Excepted Hereditary) scrutiny committee was able to cover them in greater detail than the House of Commons was able to do.The - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Online Safety Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Thu 27 Apr 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (LAB - Life peer) , if so, can we extend the term to make sure that all aspects of the services people consume are covered - Speech Link
2: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (CON - Life peer) the transparency reporting requirements to cover the scope and application of the terms of service set - Speech Link
3: None Over half of the games on Google Play now include loot boxes and more than 93% of games that feature - Speech Link
4: Baroness Harding of Winscombe (CON - Life peer) extend to the algorithm itself that is driving the addictive behaviour that most of us are most worried - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Online Safety Bill
Report stage - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker - Chorley) (4) The duties set out in this section extend only to the design, operation and use of a Category 1 or - Speech Link
2: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) Let me also take this opportunity to extend my thanks to those who served on the Bill Committee with - Speech Link
3: Kevan Jones (LAB - North Durham) that around alcohol or gambling regulation. - Speech Link
4: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) reality, as well as addictive apps and games that promote loot boxes and gambling-type behaviour, we - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Online Safety Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Tue 14 Jun 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) because that explicitly excludes gambling-type sites, loot boxes and anything of that sort, which by - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) However, I do not think that loot boxes even existed in 2005 when that Act was published. - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) straying somewhat outside this particular debate—is that loot boxes will not be covered by the gambling - Speech Link
4: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) The reason that loot boxes are not considered gambling in our view is that they do not have a monetary - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Gambling Harm (Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry Committee Report) - Wed 27 Apr 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (CON - Life peer) The Government need to extend the remit of the Gambling Commission to act to prevent future harm. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Colville of Culross (CB - Excepted Hereditary) and spending on loot boxes. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) bringing loot boxes in video games within the scope of the Gambling Act 2005. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 18 May 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Dobbs (CON - Life peer) together, to extend an open hand rather than the clenched fist. - Speech Link
2: Lord Foster of Bath (LDEM - Life peer) loot boxes as gambling and so regulating them accordingly. - Speech Link
3: Lord Trevethin and Oaksey (CB - Excepted Hereditary) The liberalisation of the statutory regime that occurred when the Gambling Act 2005 came into force went - Speech Link
4: Baroness Williams of Trafford (CON - Life peer) We have committed to a review of the Gambling Act to make sure that it is fit for the digital age and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Online Harms Consultation - Tue 15 Dec 2020
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Clive Efford (LAB - Eltham) legislation, rather like the Gambling Act 2005, which was put through the House by the previous Labour - Speech Link
2: Oliver Dowden (CON - Hertsmere) Gentleman may know, we have already issued a call for evidence in respect of loot boxes, and will take - Speech Link