| Heading: |
Mobile Phones: Children |
| Question ID: |
1814700 |
| UIN: |
61465 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5312 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sadik Al-Hassan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sadik Al-Hassan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on protecting children from the potential impacts of excessive use of smartphones. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-27 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
Creating a safer online world is a priority for the government and we are focused on implementing the Online Safety Act so that children can benefit from its wide-reaching protections.The Government is reviewing the evidence base on children’s smartphone ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |