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Lord Bailey of Paddington (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 December 2025

Debate

Social Media: Scam Adverts and Fraudulent Content

Contribution

My Lords, can the Minister tell us what work the Government are doing around protecting young people in particular? I have been contacted by a number of student-age young people who have found themselves, through social media, caught up in money laundering. They are sent a message asking to borrow their bank account and the money is exchanged equitably, as far as they are concerned, but it is then investigated by the bank and found out to be money laundering—an offence they can never remove from their history. Can the Government do a piece of work around protecting young people from money laundering?

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