Reaction to the Draft Online Safety Bill: A reading list

Documents to download

The draft Online Safety Bill was published on 12 May 2021 and sets out Government plans to protect people from harmful online content.

This reading list collates a selection of media coverage, stakeholder responses and other material relevant to the draft Bill.

The Library briefing, Regulating online harms, provides policy background.

Supporting Families Programme

The Supporting Families (previously Troubled Families) Programme aims to support families with multiple disadvantages who can experience poor life outcomes.
TV licence fee statistics

This briefing provides statistics on the TV licence fee and general television viewing trends. TV licence fee revenues in 2021/22 were £3.8 billion which was higher than the 2011/12 figure of £3.6 billion (in cash terms).Total BBC income in 2021/22 was £5.3 billion. TV licence fee revenues accounted for around 71/% of total income.
- Press and media
- Technology
Public Order Bill: Lords amendments

The House of Commons are scheduled to consider the Lords amendments to the Public Order Bill on 7 March 2023. This briefing summarises the key changes that have been made to the Bill since it was last in the Commons, including amendments made during both Commons and Lords report stages.