I would like to say 'thank you very much' to Natasha for raising this today. It's an incredibly important debate and, on the Children, Young People and Education Committee here in the Senedd, we've already heard about the importance of online safety in our work. Our inquiry into peer-on-peer sexual harassment told us that young people's behaviour in schools is a reflection of trends that are already well established across society. It's clear to us that those trends are exacerbated and amplified by children's unregulated access to inappropriate or illegal online content. The internet is not always harmful to young people, but unrealistic depictions of sex and relationships can create unhealthy attitudes among young people, and social networking platforms can create pressure for young people to look or behave a certain way.

Last spring, we heard broad support for the UK Government's Online Safety Bill and, at that time, the Bill recognised that children and young people can be particularly vulnerable and need protection from illegal and inappropriate content. Our engagement as a committee with UK Government Ministers and officials about this Bill has been positive. It's a huge Bill, spanning hundreds of pages, and we will be receiving a technical briefing on the implications of the Bill from DCMS officials in early spring. I know that the Minister will be looking at the progress of this Bill very carefully, and I'd urge the Welsh Government to do what it can to ensure that the Bill retains the provisions that safeguard children as it continues its scrutiny journey at Westminster.