Speeches by Voaden.

“And it incentivises better behaviour by the tech companies, ultimately.”

“I have a question for Esther and Andy; I will go to Andy first. Last week, as you will be aware, we had witnesses from Meta and TikTok in front of the Committee. Depressingly, although probably not surprisingly, they both rejected the idea that their platforms are addictive, although they did accept that there was a ri…”

“Do the other witnesses have anything to add?”

“We have seen from the experience of an outright ban in Australia that there are positives and negatives, and that the ban there is clearly not working as comprehensively as the lawmakers might have hoped when they came up with it. Do you think that a slightly more nuanced approach, along the lines of what Rani was sayi…”

“I agree with your point though about pupils being expected to use tech and then not have tech. It is quite confusing.”

“Do the other witnesses have anything to add?”

“I agree with your point though about pupils being expected to use tech and then not have tech. It is quite confusing.”

“Absolutely.”

“And it incentivises better behaviour by the tech companies, ultimately.”

“I have a question for Esther and Andy; I will go to Andy first. Last week, as you will be aware, we had witnesses from Meta and TikTok in front of the Committee. Depressingly, although probably not surprisingly, they both rejected the idea that their platforms are addictive, although they did accept that there was a ri…”

“We have seen from the experience of an outright ban in Australia that there are positives and negatives, and that the ban there is clearly not working as comprehensively as the lawmakers might have hoped when they came up with it. Do you think that a slightly more nuanced approach, along the lines of what Rani was sayi…”

“I agree with your point though about pupils being expected to use tech and then not have tech. It is quite confusing.”

“Absolutely.”

“Do the other witnesses have anything to add?”

“I want to talk to you about mobile phones in schools. We know that most schools already have some kind of policy that prohibits phone use during the school day. Could you tell us how you think the current approach is working in schools?”

“Absolutely.”

“I want to go back to what you were saying, Darren, about the guidance becoming statutory. Quite a lot of schools have a “not seen, not heard” policy. That means that you turn it off, put it in your bag, pretend it is not there and do not get distracted by it or look at it in the break or at lunchtime—you just carry it …”

“I have a question for Esther and Andy; I will go to Andy first. Last week, as you will be aware, we had witnesses from Meta and TikTok in front of the Committee. Depressingly, although probably not surprisingly, they both rejected the idea that their platforms are addictive, although they did accept that there was a ri…”

“I want to talk to you about mobile phones in schools. We know that most schools already have some kind of policy that prohibits phone use during the school day. Could you tell us how you think the current approach is working in schools?”

“I want to go back to what you were saying, Darren, about the guidance becoming statutory. Quite a lot of schools have a “not seen, not heard” policy. That means that you turn it off, put it in your bag, pretend it is not there and do not get distracted by it or look at it in the break or at lunchtime—you just carry it …”