Speeches by Vince.

“I beg to move, That this House has considered access to education and training for young adult carers. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mrs Harris. Before I start, I want to declare that I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for young carers and young adult carers. Throughout my contributio…”

“May I ask the Leader of the House to welcome the new owners of Harlow Town football club to their role after a period of uncertainty, when the club went into administration. As I know he is a fan of football teams that play in red and white, will he join me in wishing Harlow Town football club, often known as the non-l…”

“I will not mention Harlow Town, I promise. [Laughter.] May I thank the Minister for his statement? I agree with others that UK Biobank is an excellent resource, and I have no doubt that its research has made a huge difference to the health of my constituents. Although this issue is not specifically a cyber-security bre…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for his powerful contribution and for recognising the sacrifice that young carers and young adult carers make. As the Minister said, he made it personal and very real for us. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch (Chris Bloore) for his contribution. Some uni…”

“Happy St George’s day, Mr Speaker. I thank the Minister for his earlier remarks on procurement, and I agree that £400 billion of public spending is a significant lever that this Labour Government have to better support businesses across our country. How will the Minister and his colleagues across Government work with m…”

“13. What steps he is taking to reform public procurement.”

“Sitting suspended.”

“I thank the Minister for giving way; she is being generous with her time, as always. I declare an interest as a member of the Select Committee. I hope that I do not steal the thunder of the Chair of the Select Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Dulwich and West Norwood (Helen Hayes), who is sitting next to me. Ye…”

“I join my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) in welcoming Andy back to the Speaker’s Office. He is a shoulder to cry on after Harlow Town’s recent results. I thank the Paymaster General for his statement, which is hugely important to residents of Harlow, including veterans and those who have wo…”

“I do not claim to be a huge expert on pensions, which may be why, rather than focusing on the point last week, I made comments about the hair of the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier). I will not do so again—but it is fantastic hair. Pensioners in my constituency are passionate about ensuri…”

“I thank the Minister for his response to the urgent question tabled by the hon. Member for Stafford, Eccleshall and the villages, my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Leigh Ingham). Can the Minister tell the House how this Labour Government’s reforms to public procurement will unlock hundreds of millions of pounds f…”

“Can I come back on that really quickly? It is interesting what you said about the different experience you give to teens. I have got Facebook because I am that age, right? There is a real danger of spending a lot of time scrolling because the algorithm is specifically designed to give you more content that you want—I g…”

“On the idea of having a teen account, my concern would be whether there is a danger that young people and teenagers set up an adult account. There is probably an answer to this—and I do not know what it is—but how do you ensure that people under the age of 18 or 16 do not just set up an adult account? How do you contro…”

“Ali, the same question to you on the general point about screentime. And on Rebecca’s point, what is TikTok doing to deal with the issue of age verification?”

“On the hour cap that you mentioned, does the app close completely after an hour? If that is the case, how long after that can you open up the app again?”

“At present, children can consent to have their data processed by companies only at the age of 13, so young children obviously need parental consent. The Government’s consultation has proposed to raise that age of consent. Would you support that change?”

“Thank you all for your time today. The previous iteration of this Committee’s 2023 report was distinctly concerned about the harms of screentime. In fact, it specifically said there is an “overwhelming weight of evidence submitted to us suggests that the harms of screentime and social media use significantly outweigh t…”

“I will go back to the initial part of the question. The previous Committee found that social media and screentime do pose harm. Would you agree with that? You have put that hour cap in place for a reason, so you must have concerns about a young person using social media for a longer period of time in a 24-hour period.”

“I take your point about evidence. I always mention this in every Select Committee, but I used to be a teacher. One of the things that I am concerned about, which Rebecca touched on briefly in her statement, is the amount of time that young people are spending on these platforms late into the night. You mentioned the 9 …”

“This is my last question for you, before I come to Rebecca. We have talked about the evidence, but the reality is that social media has grown so quickly. When I was at school it was Myspace, which has now died off. Do you think part of the issue is that these social media platforms are being developed before the eviden…”