Education Committee
21 April 2026
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Education Committee House of Commons
00:03 - 01:46
Speaker 1
Order. Order. Welcome this morning to this oral evidence session of the education select committee. Our session this morning is part of the first of two oral evidence sessions that the committee is holding, to look at issues around screen time and social media in the context of the government's consultation on future policy in this area. The committee our predecessor committee undertook some important work in this area, and and what we're wanting to do is to refresh the evidence that we've taken in public so that we can make a contribution to the government's consultation.
This sits alongside a longer term piece of work that we're undertaking about the role of, AI and ed tech, within children's lives and within the education system at the moment, which will take a bit longer to conclude. We're grateful to our witnesses for joining us today. I need to put on record that we are extremely disappointed that Snapchat, who were due to come to give evidence today, withdrew from that commitment quite short notice. We are hoping very much to hear from Snapchat on their own, at our meeting this time next week. But I should put on record that we have taken the formal decision today that we will, use our powers to summon a witness from Snapchat in the event that they're not cooperative with the committee in in coming to give their evidence.
This is important given the prevalence of children's use of Snapchat and their relevance to the debate that we are having as a nation and within this committee at the moment. I'm very very grateful to the three witnesses who have joined us today. Can I invite you to introduce yourselves to the committee, please? Starting with Alastair Law.
01:46 - 01:54
Speaker 2
Thank you, chair, and fully share your view on the importance of being able to give evidence in this debate. I'm Alastair Law. I'm director of public policy for Northern Europe at TikTok.
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