Dame Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West) (Lab): It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship for the very first time, Ms Butler.

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It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship for the very first time, Ms Butler. As you know very well, digital technology is no longer simply a tool or a luxury plaything; it is a foundational part of our way of life here in Britain, like the electricity that powers our kettles or indeed the very air we breathe. Part of the environment in which our children grow, learn, play and communicate, it shapes how the next generation interacts with the world. However, like the air we breathe, digital technologies can be polluted. I am, as I may have mentioned at times, an engineer and a tech e

Science, Innovation and Technology Committee Select Committee statement We begin with the Select Committee statement. Dame Chi Onwurah will speak on the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee’s inquiry into neuroscience and digital childhoods for up to 10 minutes, during which no interventions may be taken. At the conclusion of her statement, I will call Members to put questions on the subject of the statement, and call Dame Chi Onwurah to respond to them in turn. Questions should be brief and Members may ask only one each. It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairship for the ver…