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Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children

Asked by Gill GermanLabourDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled Answered 6 February 2026UIN 110164

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to help ensure that official child right’s impact assessments are undertaken to inform the evaluation of different policy options during the consultation, Driving action to improve children’s relationship with mobile phones and social media.

Answered by Kanishka Narayan

We will assess a range of impacts when deciding how we will act on social media, including children’s rights and their wellbeing. To inform those assessments, we will consult children and young people directly through the national conversation and consultation, because their views and voices must be heard.

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