Josh MacAlister

Josh MacAlister

Labour — Whitehaven and Workington

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 November 2026

Debate

Mobile Phones in Schools

Contribution

Absolutely. The action that we are taking today, building on action that the Government have announced in recent months, is all about trying to make this a common effort across parents, schools, Government and society. We do want to draw a line and recognise that it has gone too far and that we did not get ahead of this issue as a society. We want to get children their childhood back. [Interruption.] Members on the Conservative Benches who are heckling me on this point will know that we are only able to do that because we have prioritised legislative time to focus on children—not something that could be said of the Conservatives in their final few years in government.

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