Can I thank you, Natasha, for bringing this debate forward and allowing me a minute of your time? I'm sure every Member in this Chamber will welcome the action taken by the Government to create a safety net for children with its Online Safety Bill. With internet usage and social media use by children vastly increasing, it's right that we are making the internet a safer place for them. It's right that we do all we can to protect the most vulnerable from that harmful content, and the Online Safety Bill will go a considerable distance to achieving this aim.

But, I recognise some of the anxieties caused by recent news of changes made to the Bill, most notably that tech giants are not being mandated to remove content that is legal but harmful. However, I was reassured, and I hope others were, to hear the digital secretary, Michelle Donelan, outline how the Bill will protect children. It will criminalise the encouragement of self-harm, requiring businesses to mandate user age limits and other necessary protective measures.

Child protection must be a priority at both national and devolved level. It would be remiss of me not to put on record the good work that is already taking place in this field, but more is needed. As Natasha has already suggested, a credible step forward would be delivering an inquiry into child online safety in Wales to establish any gaps that have not been filled by the Online Safety Bill. We need to build upon the Online Safety Bill.

As a grandfather of seven, I suppose I speak for so many people who have children, and the eldest of whom is five and is now accessing the internet, believe it or not—or rather, technology, and it won't be long before she's accessing the internet—I sincerely hope that the further regulations put in place here and in Government will protect her and the many thousands of children like her, and generations to come, because it's absolutely important for us to do all we can to protect the most vulnerable in our society from unscrupulous people out there. Thank you.