Member

As I said, I have spoken with the Government, and I am here later today and tomorrow to do a deal. I have told them that if they include in the Bill raising the age to a minimum of 16 for only those particular aspects of social media—harmful algorithmic addictive features, or features that could expose children to serious loss of privacy or contact from strangers—then I will accept that. These are two features that the Prime Minister, Liz Kendall and the Government have already said they will deal with; they are features that I do not believe anybody could have an issue with. I would understand an additional conditional force majeure period to cater for, for instance, a war or a pandemic. I would also accept a condition that the Government would not have to put this into effect if, following their consultation, the CMOs and medical royal colleges advised the Secretary of State that these measures would be likely to do more harm than good for children under the age of 16.