Biography
Joani Reid has engaged on health and social care topics through three debate speeches, primarily focusing on public health and prevention issues related to online child safety. In September 2025, she made two speeches on violence against women and girls, calling for social media companies to be banned from pushing pornographic content to under-18s and proposing economic sanctions including potential levies on platforms like OnlyFans to fund survivor services. In January 2025, she raised a matter concerning special educational needs teachers owed millions in overpaid taxes, highlighting the gridlock between tax authorities and local authorities.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…It grooms boys to perpetrate violence and grooms girls to accept it. It is not a fringe issue; it is a public health crisis. Let me briefly address an argument sometimes presented by so-called progressive voices, particularly on the left, who claim that they are advocating for the rights of sex workers.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8993.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
What they’ve said
“I completely agree with the hon. Lady. Social media companies should not be allowed to push pornography and sexual content to under-18s, and they should be banned from doing so. The wider tech industry is crucial to this issue—it is not just OnlyFans.”
Violence against Women and Girls: Pornography Prostitution · 2025-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I recently met two special educational needs teachers in my constituency who are two of the thousands of teachers across Scotland who are owed millions of pounds in overpaid taxes. Unfortunately, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the 16 local authorities affected are at gridlock.”
Business of the House · 2025-01-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
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