Dr Spencer: I thank the hon.

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I thank the hon. Lady for that clarification. Nevertheless, I think there is an overlap with the debate that took place in the Chamber last Friday on the ballot Bill introduced by the hon. Member for Whitehaven and Workington (Josh MacAlister), which has been dubbed the safer phones Bill. We all took part in that debate. During Friday’s debate, I highlighted the mounting research and evidence on the harm to adolescents’ mental health from social media platforms. Policy in this area needs to be developed based on the best data and evidence. In that regard, we also need to learn from the roll-ou

The Committee consisted of the following Members: Chairs: Wera Hobhouse, † Karl Turner † Anderson, Callum (Buckingham and Bletchley) (Lab) † Aquarone, Steff (North Norfolk) (LD) † Beales, Danny (Uxbridge and South Ruislip) (Lab) † Bryant, Chris (Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms) † Collins, Victoria (Harpenden and Berkhamsted) (LD) † Dearden, Kate (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op) Entwistle, Kirith (Bolton North East) (Lab) † Fortune, Peter (Bromley and Biggin Hill) (Con) † Josan, Gurinder Singh (Smethwick) (Lab) † Juss, Warinder (Wolverhampton West) (Lab) † Kumar, Sonia (Dudley) (Lab) † Macdonald…