Speeches by Huq.

“The 2019 figures that came out showed a quite substantial drop in ad revenue for under-13 content, which you recognised at the time would have a significant business impact. A $100 million dollar fund was set up in the US to support thoughtful, original children’s content. You have acknowledged that there is a shrivell…”

“You put it in your own evidence to us. “We are also going to continue”—okay, maybe it has not come on stream but it is happening—“investing in the future of quality kids, family and educational content. We are establishing a $100 million fund, disbursed over three years”.”

“True. So that is for the US market. Can we have an equivalent for the UK? For example, the 2016 legislation that stopped unhealthy foods being advertised on commercial channels at the time kids’ eyeballs were watching now means that the things that we grew up with—such as “How”, which Dame Caroline’s father presented f…”

“That is the interest that I should have said. My sister was a “Blue Peter” presenter for over a decade.”

“People watching will think—I mean, every time you go on YouTube there is the algorithm. There is an accusation of monetising hate—that if you look at these nasty things, the algorithm will show you more sensationalism and clickbait and all that. The latest figures, from February 2026, are that YouTube generated more th…”

“I am accepting all that, but there has also been the Young Audiences Content Fund, but for covid reasons, I think, it was discontinued. It never really reached its full potential. I have constituents who work in the industry saying, “Can’t we have something like that?” The Government finances are straitened, but you ha…”

“It is not you making the programmes; it is the ecosystem, as you say. Why can’t we have an equivalent to what you are doing in America?”

“Order. I remind Members to bob if they want to speak, and then we will work out who is next.”

“I call Blake Stephenson to wind up in 20 seconds.”

“I will call Susan Murray to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with the prior permission of Susan Murray and the Minister. Because this is a 30-minute debate, there will not be an opportunity for Susan Murray to make a winding-up speech at the end.”

“This is a popular debate, so there will be a time limit of three minutes to begin with, but it might drop down. The first exemplar of perfect timing will be Samantha Niblett.”

“I call Minister—and birthday boy—Michael Shanks to respond for the Government.”

“We have done the maths; we can allow Members two minutes and 30 seconds.”

“Order. Potentially the final three-minute speech will be Henry Tufnell, and then we might have to drop the time limit to two minutes.”

“Order. Can I just remind the hon. Member about use of the word “you”? I always get told off by the Deputy Speaker for it. “You” means me, because I am in the Chair. It should be, “Does the hon. Member agree?” But I think we get the point.”

“And what about your relationship with TikTok? It is actually banned in this building—the server will not allow it and it stops you—and on our parliamentary devices. I just wondered about that, because that is for the post-13-year-olds, isn’t it?”

“It is too old in our house.”

“It has had similar legislation there?”

“In the factual sphere, would you ever do anything like kids’ reality shows?”

“Is part of your mission to be countering disinformation and misinformation? There is so much out there.”