Member

It was good to hear that resources are available. The fact that further research is being carried out by the department is helpful, and no doubt will be helpful through the passage of the children’s Bill. The issue of safety by design is not going to go away. The Minister was reassuring to some extent, but I am not convinced that we have yet got it absolutely as explicit as we should. For instance, we heard—I think when we had the categorisation debate—that addiction is not covered sufficiciently in the Act as a harm for children, so there are gaps. Does that require amendment of the existing Act? Is Ofcom’s interpretation of the existing Act correct? There are a number of issues there. Are we going far enough and fast enough with the existing Act, or do we need already to start thinking about changing it?