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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 21 January 2026

Debate

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Contribution

Secondly, there is the cliff-edge problem. The unamended approach of Amendment 94A risks protecting children in a sterile digital environment until their 16th birthday, and then suddenly flooding them with harmful content without having developed the digital literacy to cope. As the joint statement from 42 children’s charities warns, children aged 16 would face a dangerous cliff edge when they start to use high-risk platforms. Our amendment addresses that.

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