Speeches by Huq.

“I am accepting all that, but there has also been the Young Audiences Content Fund, but for covid reasons, I think, it was discontinued. It never really reached its full potential. I have constituents who work in the industry saying, “Can’t we have something like that?” The Government finances are straitened, but you ha…”

“Would there be something to help the traditional broadcasters? We have been led to believe—and the Children’s Media Foundation put it in their evidence—that it is not just in America; you have done something similar in Australia. Does Skip Ahead in Australia mean anything to you?”

“The 2019 figures that came out showed a quite substantial drop in ad revenue for under-13 content, which you recognised at the time would have a significant business impact. A $100 million dollar fund was set up in the US to support thoughtful, original children’s content. You have acknowledged that there is a shrivell…”

“This is a popular debate, so there will be a time limit of three minutes to begin with, but it might drop down. The first exemplar of perfect timing will be Samantha Niblett.”

“I call Minister—and birthday boy—Michael Shanks to respond for the Government.”

“I call Blake Stephenson to wind up in 20 seconds.”

“We have done the maths; we can allow Members two minutes and 30 seconds.”

“Order. Potentially the final three-minute speech will be Henry Tufnell, and then we might have to drop the time limit to two minutes.”

“Order. I remind Members to bob if they want to speak, and then we will work out who is next.”

“Order. Can I just remind the hon. Member about use of the word “you”? I always get told off by the Deputy Speaker for it. “You” means me, because I am in the Chair. It should be, “Does the hon. Member agree?” But I think we get the point.”

“I will call Susan Murray to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with the prior permission of Susan Murray and the Minister. Because this is a 30-minute debate, there will not be an opportunity for Susan Murray to make a winding-up speech at the end.”

“And what about your relationship with TikTok? It is actually banned in this building—the server will not allow it and it stops you—and on our parliamentary devices. I just wondered about that, because that is for the post-13-year-olds, isn’t it?”

“It is too old in our house.”

“It has had similar legislation there?”

“In the factual sphere, would you ever do anything like kids’ reality shows?”

“Is part of your mission to be countering disinformation and misinformation? There is so much out there.”

“You have not monetised your content, but it was interesting to hear that the advertising restrictions, you said, Patricia, have been—is that the unhealthy food stuff? Can you just say a little bit more about that?”

“Thank you all. I think a lot of people in this room were in Manchester the other week, so it is good to see you on home turf. If I am declaring an interest, I am a former member of staff in a section that does not exist anymore, the BBC Popular Music Library in the 1990s, which has probably been rationalised out of exi…”

“Do you get any recognition or thanks or money from the Department of Education for all this?”

“Even an age thing, like with the cinema, there are 15s, there are 18s, there is PG.”