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HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI have not said that we should focus only on age-gating; as I continue through my speech, the hon. Gentleman will hear about the range of other things that I think should be in…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI am perplexed, because I think there is support on both sides of the House for restricting online harms and protecting our children, and for the principle of bringing forward…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI was about to expand further on that before I took the two preceding interventions. Perhaps the hon. Lady will allow me to continue and, if I have not addressed her concerns, she…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionWhile the House would be giving me, or the Liberal Democrats, control of the Order Paper, I have made it abundantly clear that we would work together to bring forward legislation—…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionThat is indeed what we are trying to do. Putting forward a blanket ban on a particular list of social media sites determined by any Secretary of State at any given point in time…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI am sorry the hon. Member feels that way. We have brought forward a lot of these proposals previously. It is not politicking; we have long been committed to this issue. A number…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI have given way to the hon. Member a couple of times. I am just about to finish.24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionThe harms-based framework that we proposed in the other place would apply to chatbots and gaming as well. The point is that, as I have already laid out, we would come together and…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI am very grateful that the hon. Member wishes to help me out, but I suspect that he does not have my best interests at heart. [Hon. Members: “Aw!”] Oh, go on; I am happy to take…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionNo, I will not give way; I would not expect the hon. Member to help me out. At various points, we have tabled all the things I have mentioned as amendments in both Houses, so they…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionDiscussing the substance of the issue is exactly what we are seeking to do. It has been a long time since this Chamber has had a proper debate on these issues. In a few weeks’…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI was just about to end my remarks, but I will give way.24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI say gently that although the Prime Minister has promised us legislation at some point following consultation, it would be secondary legislation, which gets far less scrutiny…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionWhat I am setting out is what I would want to put forward as suggestions for the Bill. As you have helpfully pointed out, Madam Deputy Speaker, we will be dividing on whether…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention about procedure. I say to her gently that her party and others have in the past used this mechanism to try to force Governments to…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI will not give way again, because I think we have tested this argument to death. I understand the hon. Lady’s concerns about procedure, but this mechanism is not unheard of. The…24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionI am about to come to an end.24 Feb 2026HANSARDOnline Harm: Child ProtectionAll I can do is repeat myself: I know that if I had published all these things that I am laying out as a piece of legislation, Members on both sides of the House would probably…24 Feb 2026HANSARDHeathrow Expansion14. What recent progress her Department has made on Heathrow expansion.12 Feb 2026HANSARD Healthy RelationshipsI will just get to the end of my point, and then am very happy to give way. The time at which my husband wanted to take more parental leave when our first child was born was…12 Feb 2026