Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has held discussions with social media companies on videos on platforms encouraging migrants to cross the English Channel illegally.

The UK Government remains absolutely committed to tackling Organised Immigration Crime

The Government & law enforcement engage regularly with tech companies on a number of issues including the need to clamp down on criminal gangs who use the internet to lure people into paying for crossings. To this end, the Prime Minister announced a new voluntary partnership between social media companies and the Government to accelerate action to tackle people smuggling content online, on 6 August 2023.