Transcripts from Education committee inquiry into Screen Time: Impacts on education and wellbeing - Jan 9

The Education Committee will assess how screentime can support and impact children’s development, wellbeing, and educational outcomes.

The Committee will also examine the effectiveness of digital safety education in schools and the ways in which schools and parents can be better supported to manage children’s screen usage.

The inquiry will also focus on how screen use for academic purposes is being managed in schools

Witnesses: Jonathan Baggaley (Chief Executive at PSHE Association), and Darren Northcott (National Official for Education at NASUWT - The Teachers' Union)

Witnesses: John McGee (Senior Policy Advisor at BBC Education), Elizabeth Anderson (Chief Executive at Learning Foundation and the Digital Poverty Alliance), and Baroness Kidron (Founder and Chair at 5Rights Foundation)