...(as happened with the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on the other Henry VIII clause relating to the social media ban). There could then be a battle of wills as the Lords would have to accept that change. The Government can in this position seek to come up with a compromise, but it is hard to see what that would be in this particular set of circumstances; moreover, the Government may feel less need to compromise given its amendment is now in the Bill.

.... to try to pressure the Government to introduce something more specific on chatbots than the Henry VIII clause it had already proposed. Unfortunately, at the same sitting the Lords approved the self-same Henry VIII clause (perhaps because it was the middle of the night and there were few peers left standing). So this means as it currently stand, there are two sets of provisions potentially applicable to chatbots .... [cont./...]