Tom Hayes

Tom Hayes

Labour — Bournemouth East

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 January 2026

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T5. AFC Bournemouth has just said goodbye to Antoine Semenyo. He has been a superstar on the pitch and a gentleman off it, taking out a full-page ad in the Bournemouth Daily Echo to thank fans for the memories as, sadly, he left for Manchester City. Bournemouth need more players like him, and that means getting kids off their phones and outdoors, which is why I back raising the minimum social media age to 16. It also means supporting play spaces, youth centres and grassroots football facilities for clubs like Boscombe Albion, Kings Park Dynamos, Queens Park Ladies and Generation Elite. What are the Department doing to support our young kids?

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