Speeches by Vince.

“On the point we have circled around, a number of social media companies we spoke to last week were in denial about how addictive their apps were. Having been a teacher and worked with young people, I know the desperation that young people feel to get their streaks up. I had one young person who was frustrated that they…”

“I am an officer on the same APPG.”

“Thank you all for coming to participate in today’s discussion. I say that particularly to Esther, because this is a really emotional topic that is hugely important to all of us. I am not going to ask Andy this question, because I think he has answered it. But, Esther and Rani, do you think that Ofcom and the Informatio…”

“So you have no specific tools on Snapchat for that. You agree on the premise of it, but there is no specific tool that says to a young person, as you say, “Your lights should be out.” You have no tool like that at a specific hour.”

“I just want to put on the record my thanks to the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee for his able chairing of the Committee throughout my time on it. I think he would agree that we have had some really good and useful debates in this Chamber and Westminster Hall because of the work of the Backbench Business Comm…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way on that point?”

“Thank you. My next question is about the Government’s announcement last week about putting existing guidance on restricting mobile phones on a statutory footing. When I speak to schools in my constituency of Harlow, there is a mixed response on whether that needs to be statutory or not. Some schools say they do it very…”

“So you have no specific tools on Snapchat for that. You agree on the premise of it, but there is no specific tool that says to a young person, as you say, “Your lights should be out.” You have no tool like that at a specific hour.”

“Thank you all for coming to participate in today’s discussion. I say that particularly to Esther, because this is a really emotional topic that is hugely important to all of us. I am not going to ask Andy this question, because I think he has answered it. But, Esther and Rani, do you think that Ofcom and the Informatio…”

“I declare an interest, in that I used to be a teacher and I absolutely recognise what you are talking about. My response would be that we can put it on a statutory basis, but do you agree that there still needs to be support? You talked about funding, for example—I am looking at Daniel over your head as I say this. You…”

“Thank you. My next question is about the Government’s announcement last week about putting existing guidance on restricting mobile phones on a statutory footing. When I speak to schools in my constituency of Harlow, there is a mixed response on whether that needs to be statutory or not. Some schools say they do it very…”

“I just want to put on the record my thanks to the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee for his able chairing of the Committee throughout my time on it. I think he would agree that we have had some really good and useful debates in this Chamber and Westminster Hall because of the work of the Backbench Business Comm…”

“We have heard a lot about the quite extreme things that young people see online: the harmful content and misogyny, which is really disturbing. I visited a school in my constituency a couple of weeks ago, and one of the girls raised her concern about disinformation online. That can sometimes be very obvious—the things w…”

“The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, reported that 13 and 14-year-olds in the UK who use Snapchat spend an average of two and a quarter hours a day on your platform. When we heard from other social media companies last week, they said they had specific tools, like curfews, and you have previously mentioned some pare…”

“On the point we have circled around, a number of social media companies we spoke to last week were in denial about how addictive their apps were. Having been a teacher and worked with young people, I know the desperation that young people feel to get their streaks up. I had one young person who was frustrated that they…”

“I will not lie, Mr Speaker: bobbing is slightly more difficult than normal this morning. Can the Minister detail what the ombudsman found about the financial loss women suffered as a result of the delay in sending out letters? On a more general point, can he say what this Government are doing to support women in retire…”

“The Minister is right that the fees are not proportionate, but they also sometimes do not meet the cost of the tribunal. Does she agree that that is one of the reasons why this legislation is so important?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“I thank the shadow Minister for giving way, and congratulate him on his efforts yesterday. I am sure we are both struggling to bob in the Chamber this afternoon. I agree with the shadow Minister about the cabinet model for local councils. I am sure he agrees that one of the advantages of that model is that there are fe…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. [Interruption.]. Are we all finished? I thank the Chief Secretary for returning to the House again on this issue. Will he reiterate how due process for the conducting of security vetting before appointments are announced will change as a result of this affair?”