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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 September 2025

Debate

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Contribution

Finally, Amendment 502YH would ensure that filtering and monitoring systems met minimum standards. This is not the first time I have raised this issue, so I wish to be bold. School is not safe because filtering and monitoring systems are not doing what they promise. In 2018, Frankie Thomas took her own life by copying what she had seen on a school device that day, a device on which the filtering system was not activated. Judy and Andy, Frankie’s parents, fought tirelessly to address this issue with Ministers for as long as they could.

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