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“Do the other witnesses have anything to add?”

“I agree with your point though about pupils being expected to use tech and then not have tech. It is quite confusing.”

“And it incentivises better behaviour by the tech companies, ultimately.”

“We have seen from the experience of an outright ban in Australia that there are positives and negatives, and that the ban there is clearly not working as comprehensively as the lawmakers might have hoped when they came up with it. Do you think that a slightly more nuanced approach, along the lines of what Rani was sayi…”

“We have seen from the experience of an outright ban in Australia that there are positives and negatives, and that the ban there is clearly not working as comprehensively as the lawmakers might have hoped when they came up with it. Do you think that a slightly more nuanced approach, along the lines of what Rani was sayi…”

“And it incentivises better behaviour by the tech companies, ultimately.”

“I have a question for Esther and Andy; I will go to Andy first. Last week, as you will be aware, we had witnesses from Meta and TikTok in front of the Committee. Depressingly, although probably not surprisingly, they both rejected the idea that their platforms are addictive, although they did accept that there was a ri…”

“And it incentivises better behaviour by the tech companies, ultimately.”

“I have a question for Esther and Andy; I will go to Andy first. Last week, as you will be aware, we had witnesses from Meta and TikTok in front of the Committee. Depressingly, although probably not surprisingly, they both rejected the idea that their platforms are addictive, although they did accept that there was a ri…”

“I agree with your point though about pupils being expected to use tech and then not have tech. It is quite confusing.”

“Do the other witnesses have anything to add?”

“I want to talk to you about mobile phones in schools. We know that most schools already have some kind of policy that prohibits phone use during the school day. Could you tell us how you think the current approach is working in schools?”

“I have a question for Esther and Andy; I will go to Andy first. Last week, as you will be aware, we had witnesses from Meta and TikTok in front of the Committee. Depressingly, although probably not surprisingly, they both rejected the idea that their platforms are addictive, although they did accept that there was a ri…”

“Absolutely.”

“Absolutely.”

“I want to talk to you about mobile phones in schools. We know that most schools already have some kind of policy that prohibits phone use during the school day. Could you tell us how you think the current approach is working in schools?”

“Absolutely.”

“I want to talk to you about mobile phones in schools. We know that most schools already have some kind of policy that prohibits phone use during the school day. Could you tell us how you think the current approach is working in schools?”

“We have seen from the experience of an outright ban in Australia that there are positives and negatives, and that the ban there is clearly not working as comprehensively as the lawmakers might have hoped when they came up with it. Do you think that a slightly more nuanced approach, along the lines of what Rani was sayi…”

“Apprenticeships offer young people a great pathway into rewarding careers, so I very much welcome the Government’s ambition to create more of them, but a report published last week by the Social Security Advisory Committee highlighted the so-called apprenticeship penalty, whereby low-income families can lose up to £330…”