On 17th October 2019 the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Baroness Barran (Con), repeated a Government statement on Online Pornography: Age Verification. The Bishop of Oxford, Rt Revd Steven Croft, asked a follow-up question:
Baroness Barran: I thank the right reverend Prelate for his question and the work he does in the Centre for Data Ethics, which clearly has an important role in this space. In relation to urgency, I hope I can reassure him that my honourable friend the Minister is absolutely determined to do this as quickly as is feasible. We plan to respond to the consultation before the end of the year and to introduce a draft Bill in the new year. Obviously, as noble Lords are aware, we announced pre-legislative scrutiny of that Bill, which we very much hope will make it as future-proof as possible.