House of Lords push for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s

Peers, in vote of 266 to 141, reject Keir Starmer’s proposals for public consultation to decide if social media ban should be introduced in UK

The House of Lords has backed an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s.

Peers, in a vote of 266 to 141, rejected Keir Starmer’s proposals for a public consultation to decide whether a ban should be introduced.

The Conservative former minister Lord Nash said the vote sent an “unambiguous message” to Starmer’s government.

“Tonight the House of Lords sent for the second time an unambiguous message to the government: hollow promises and half-measures are not enough,” Nash said in a statement.