Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matt Turmaine and Kanishka Narayan

Wednesday 4th February 2026 Commons Chamber

[Kanishka Narayan]

We are looking very closely at that. Of course, under the Online Safety Act, platforms already have a responsibility to make sure that young people are not able to access harmful content. In relation to wider access methods—whether virtual private networks or others—we are looking very closely at patterns of behaviour. So far, we have been pretty successful; after an initial spike in the use of some of those platforms, we have seen a levelling-off, which I very much hope continues. We will continue to monitor the situation.

[Matt Turmaine (Watford) (Lab)]

T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.