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Lord Russell of Liverpool (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 February 2026

Debate

Better Start Longitudinal Programmes

Contribution

My Lords, the Minister may not have had the time that I have had to read the first report from this programme, which is called Exploring School Readiness. These projects have been going in five different areas, with 16 different programmes. In going through all 16 programmes, does she share with me the slight concern that there is only one mention of mobile phones and screen time? That was in Nottingham, where adults were asked to leave their mobile phones outside an area where their children were learning how to play, in order that the adults could concentrate and pay attention to their children, rather than pay attention to their phones. Given the rising concern generally in the country about the effect of screens and phones, not only on the very young but on the ability of parents to be parents, could that not be integrated and taken into account as this programme is taken forward?

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