Committees

Draft Online Safety Bill (Joint Committee)

Joint Select Committee

The Joint Committee has been appointed to consider the Government's draft Bill to establish a new regulatory framework to tackle harmful content online.

You can follow the Committee on Twitter @OnlineSafetyCom

Non-inquiry work

Legislative scrutiny
Legislative scrutiny focuses on a particular piece of legislation, sometimes in draft form. The committee might consider it in private, or may take evidence.

Latest news

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Government responds to Joint Committee’s recommended improvements to Online Safety Bill
Online Safety Bill and Government Response to draft Online Safety Bill's report published.
17 March 2022
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No longer the land of the lawless: Joint Committee reports
MPs and Peers publish landmark report on new laws for Online Safety
14 December 2021
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Joint Committee on draft Online Safety Bill to publish report
Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill to publish report at 00:01 14 December 2021
13 December 2021

Latest publications

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Report - Draft Online Safety Bill
Work Draft Online Safety Bill (Legislative scrutiny)
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Response to this report
Government Response to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill
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Government Response to the report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill
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Government Response
Formal Minutes of the Joint Committee on the draft Online Safety Bill in Session 2021-22
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Formal Minutes

Contact us

The Joint Committee has completed its work on the draft Bill. For questions about the Online Safety Bill please call 020 7219 3251. For questions specifically about the former Joint Committee, please email: draftbills@parliament.uk.

  • Email: scrutiny@parliament.uk
  • Address: Joint Committee on Draft Online Safety Bill, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW