Backbench Business Committee
3 November 2026
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Backbench Business Committee Actual start House of Commons
Follow its sittings16:12 - 16:43
Speaker 2
Order. Welcome to the meeting of the Backbench Business Committee where we will be considering applications for debates in the main chamber and in Westminster Hall on a Tuesday and Thursday. First application is from Mike Reader on children's safety on online gaming platforms. This is for a debate in Westminster Hall on a Tuesday morning, 90-minute debate, and over to you Mike to present your case.
16:43 - 16:45
Speaker 1
Thank you, Chair.
16:45 - 17:25
Speaker 3
Everyone who's got kids in the room will know the name Roblox, major platform with millions of users. Few, though, will know that online gaming is one of the main places that adults first make contact with children. The government's own research shows 40% of offenders sought to contact children online first and did so via online gaming. We've debated in this house social media restrictions considerably, but we haven't specifically related gaming.
And gaming works differently. It's voice chat, it's in-game currency, user-generated worlds and lots of pathways to taking children into off-platform, private messaging. The government has committed to bring in new restrictions.
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