Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) social networking companies and (b) online platforms his Department has met with or received briefings from in the process of writing the White Paper on online harms.

The Government is publishing a White Paper this year. It will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how we will tackle online harms and set clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe online. Protecting children from abuse and exploitation online will be a central component of the White Paper.

We are currently exploring options for a strengthened regulatory approach. As part of that we are engaging a broad range of stakeholders. It is not the Government's practice to provide details of Ministerial meetings which are held as part of the process of policy development and delivery.