Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips

Labour — Birmingham Yardley

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 June 2026

Debate

Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Contribution

As somebody who was in some of the rooms where this policy was being discussed, I pay tribute to the Secretary of State. She has fought incredibly hard, and by no means has any of it been rushed for an announcement; she has worked incredibly hard on it. Last week, the Government announced that we would be age-verifying on the basis of the device. Why can we not use that same age verification at the device level for accessing social media?

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