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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillFirst, I welcome the Government’s decision to introduce a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools. I appreciate that the guidance previously proposed was clear and that schools…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI agree with the hon. Member—and, indeed, with the Opposition Front Bencher, the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott)—that the ban must be on the basis that phones are…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. One of the reasons for the incredulity among those listening to the evidence yesterday was…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI will not take any further interventions because of the time left, if that is okay. The need for urgent action to take children off social media in their crucial formative years…22 Apr 2026HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillI hesitate to intervene, but I think the right hon. Member perhaps has not understood that children with a modern hearing aid, for example, use an application on a smartphone,…22 Apr 2026 Bills sponsored (4)