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13 May 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 150)

That gives us a good overview.

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13 May 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 150)

You mentioned the early years and the Best Start family hubs, so it would be good to understand what you think they should do to ensure that reading for pleasure is built into their work from the earliest stage. I do not mind who answers the question first.

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13 May 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 150)

You mentioned the early years and the Best Start family hubs, so it would be good to understand what you think they should do to ensure that reading for pleasure is built into their work from the earliest stage. I do not mind who answers the question first.

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13 May 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 150)

Just out of interest, is that video feedback a pilot or is it quite well established?

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13 May 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 150)

Just out of interest, is that video feedback a pilot or is it quite well established?

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

We have to recognise that some of this is a matter of language—let us take location sharing, for example. A restriction on location sharing is a ban on location sharing for certain people. It is just that some people react to the word “ban” as being more sensationalist. That is probably worth noting. You have outlined

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

On the issue of effectiveness, I have a quick supplementary for Andy. The MRF put out your response to the first few months of the Australia ban. Your conclusion was that the Australian social media ban is not effective. Is that a hasty conclusion to come to after 92 days? Isn’t it a matter of perspective? Your own fig

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

On the issue of effectiveness, I have a quick supplementary for Andy. The MRF put out your response to the first few months of the Australia ban. Your conclusion was that the Australian social media ban is not effective. Is that a hasty conclusion to come to after 92 days? Isn’t it a matter of perspective? Your own fig

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

We have to recognise that some of this is a matter of language—let us take location sharing, for example. A restriction on location sharing is a ban on location sharing for certain people. It is just that some people react to the word “ban” as being more sensationalist. That is probably worth noting. You have outlined

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

My question is to Rani to begin with. The NSPCC has said that a ban on social media for under-16s is preferable to inaction, but you have stopped short of supporting a statutory ban. Could you share the key reasons for that position, please?

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

The Government have published some guidance on screentime for children under the age of five. I just wanted to get a sense of how necessary you think that is and what impact it will have on children, particularly when they start school.

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

We might come back to some of that.

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

On the issue of effectiveness, I have a quick supplementary for Andy. The MRF put out your response to the first few months of the Australia ban. Your conclusion was that the Australian social media ban is not effective. Is that a hasty conclusion to come to after 92 days? Isn’t it a matter of perspective? Your own fig

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

Ms Beauchere, you have described a number of measures and brought us back to the intent and design that you claim makes Snapchat safe for children. You are asking us to believe that there is a balance, and that we can say that, rather than being unsafe or having significant unsafe elements, Snapchat is safe. If that is

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

The Government have published some guidance on screentime for children under the age of five. I just wanted to get a sense of how necessary you think that is and what impact it will have on children, particularly when they start school.

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

My question is to Rani to begin with. The NSPCC has said that a ban on social media for under-16s is preferable to inaction, but you have stopped short of supporting a statutory ban. Could you share the key reasons for that position, please?

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

We have to recognise that some of this is a matter of language—let us take location sharing, for example. A restriction on location sharing is a ban on location sharing for certain people. It is just that some people react to the word “ban” as being more sensationalist. That is probably worth noting. You have outlined

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

The Government have published some guidance on screentime for children under the age of five. I just wanted to get a sense of how necessary you think that is and what impact it will have on children, particularly when they start school.

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

Darren, you mentioned that there is talk of guidance for older children—for over-fives. What would be at the top of your list for what should be included in guidance for that phase of life?

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28 Apr 2026Education Committee — Oral Evidence (HC 1839)

Tom, is there anything different that you would put top of the list?

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