Andy Carter Warrington South MP is really pleased to see a crackdown on the use of mobile phones in schools across England, minimising disruption in classrooms to improve outcomes and provide a brighter future for children and young people.
Schools are places for children to learn and mobile phones can be an unwanted distraction in the classroom. The new guidance today backing head teachers in prohibiting the use of mobile phones throughout the school day.
He is very keen we go further in keeping young people safe online and I was pleased to be part of a discussion organised by the All Party Group for Online Safety on Social Media. It was timed to coincide with the launch of the UK Safer Internet Centre’s new report which focuses on all areas of 'change' in young people’s online lives.
It is important that parents and carers get the information and resources they need to better support children at home on their phones and online.
The new Online Safety Act has now entered into law. This will make progress in preventing children from being targeted by many forms of online harm. We are one of the first countries in the world to legislate in this area, and many other countries are now following the UK’s lead.
Ofcom is now consulting on the detailed implementation of the many areas that are covered by this law. We discussed the need to make sure that parents and children can feed into this consultation. He will be taking this up with Ofcom in the coming weeks.
