Online harm Bill WILL become law despite five-month delay, Culture Secretary ... trends now
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Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan yesterday personally ‘guaranteed’ the Online Safety Bill will become law amid fears it might run out of parliamentary time.
Speaking to a committee of MPs, she said she was ‘comfortable’ with her assurance having spoken to the Prime Minister and chief whip.
Concerns had been raised that the long-awaited Bill was in jeopardy after a five-month delay and new measures being added that will further stall progress.
Bereaved families who lost children after being exposed to online harms attended Westminster on Monday urging the Government to ensure the Bill was passed in time.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan, who last week suggested the controversial 'legal but harmful' clause might be removed from the Online Safety Bill, said she could understand why bereaved families were 'at the end of their tether'
Having spoken to the group, included the parents of teenager Molly Russell,
