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Children’s wellbeing and safety online

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Written Ministerial Statements

Last month I announced a landmark package of measures to better protect children online. We announced that social media companies will no longer be able to offer their services to under-16s,...

Topical Questions

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point—we know children will try to get around the ban, and will succeed. Our measures are as much about resetting the cultural and social norms for...

Topical Questions

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I say gently to the hon. Lady that we are dealing with the mess we inherited from Conservative Members by ensuring that this country can rely on clean, renewable, home-grown energy right here in...

Topical Questions

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I am sorry to put the hon. Lady straight, but we are not cutting money for that. We are actually putting in the biggest funding for research and development ever in this country—something...

Topical Questions

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I know that the hon. Lady is really concerned to ensure that her constituents have proper network coverage. We encourage mobile network operators to use existing infrastructure where they can,...

Topical Questions

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I am proud that today I am launching our charter for women in research, setting out minimum standards for maternity pay and leave for women doing PhDs in this country, alongside leave for their...

Women in Tech Taskforce

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I think the most effective way to get change is to show the results that have been achieved by the women who produce the brilliant science and technology that helps to create innovations and...

Women in Tech Taskforce

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend is right that the bias in technology highlights why we need more women building it. We want more women in tech and more tech that works for women. That is exactly why we launched...

Women in Tech Taskforce

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

Our economy loses around £3.5 billion a year because women leave the tech sector or change jobs due to barriers that should not exist. That is bad for women and for the tech sector because...

Online Safety: Children

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I share the concerns of the good people of the hon. Member’s constituency about AI chatbots. I will come back with a further statement to the House about the things I said in my last...

Online Safety: Children

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

Of course I have talked to my right hon. Friend the Member for Makerfield, because I am focusing on doing my job, which is to do the right thing for children and families in this country. I hope...

Online Safety: Children

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I saw the documentary and absolutely agree how concerning it is. I bet that many men, even some in this Chamber, will have been fed this vile stuff just because they are a man. We are looking at...

Online Safety: Children

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

As always, the hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which is that this is not a “one and done”, as I said in my statement last week. It cannot be, because technology is changing...

Online Safety: Children

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I welcome my hon. Friend’s urging. We do indeed intend to look at further measures about this. As I have said, including to the Chair of the Select Committee, I will look once again at the...

Online Safety: Children

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

I pay tribute to the work that my hon. Friend has done on these issues. Young people’s voices have been, and will continue to be, heard. We had 14,000 children and young people respond to...

Online Safety: Children

Science, Innovation and Technology

Liz Kendall made a speech in the House of Commons

Last month, I announced a defining moment for children and families, banning social media companies from providing their services to under-16s, banning livestreaming and stranger communication...

Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Commons debates

Absolutely. This is about the social media companies putting their house in order. Lots of people have said, “Won’t you bow to pressure? You’ll cave under it.” I hope that...

Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Commons debates

There are already requirements under the Online Safety Act for companies to remove illegal content, and those deal with the issue of foreign interference, particularly during elections. As I...

Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Commons debates

I am so sorry to hear about what happened to Leo. I heard what my hon. Friend describes so many times during the course of the consultation, and many of the representations we had—from the...

Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Commons debates

As I said in response to an earlier question, this was the issue that I wanted to grapple with the most. People want to find people who love in the same way, or who like the same things, and they...