Hugh Grant blasts schools for feeding children's screen addictions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : 'If we want to protect children, we must broaden our focus beyond school gates and ensure they are safe online at all times.' Schools in England were given non-statutory Government guidance in February last year intended to restrict the use of phones during the school day.
43% : Proposed legislation, known as the Safer Phones Bill, has been introduced to Parliament by Labour backbencher Josh McAlister Tory MP Kit Malthouse, the former education secretary, told the House of Commons he lamented 'the gutting of what could have been a landmark Bill' Read More Labour accused of 'capitulating' to tech giants after plans to ban phones in schools are scrapped 'But also to put all of my energy on landing this with some action and progress.' Speaking in support of his Bill, Mr MacAlister - a former teacher - told MPs that the average 12-year-old spends 21 hours a week on their smartphone 'This is a fundamental rewiring of childhood itself and it's happened in little over a decade,' he added.

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