Phone-free schools debated by members

Debate

Baroness Kidron (Crossbench), chair and founder of 5Rights Foundation, a charity working on digital rights for children, will put forward the debate.

This is a general debate. During debates, members put their experience to good use to discuss current issues and draw the government's attention to concerns.    

Members speaking

Contributing members are expected to include:

• Baroness Barran (Conservative), Shadow Education Minister
• Baroness Grender (Liberal Democrats), primary school governor
• Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour), visiting professor at the Institute of Education, University of London
• Baroness Wyld (Conservative), board member of Ofsted.

Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour), Government Whip, will respond on behalf of the government.

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