Biography
Kanishka Narayan has engaged on online safety and child protection through 10 debate speeches, with particular focus on preventing children's access to harmful content including eating disorders, self-harm, and pornography under the Online Safety Act 2023 and through Ofcom enforcement powers. His contributions reflect consistent engagement with bereaved families affected by online harms and collaboration with campaign groups, demonstrating sustained advocacy for robust government action on platform accountability and age assurance measures. While the topics listed include mental health, public health, adult social care and NHS waiting lists, the provided extracts show his parliamentary engagement has centred primarily on online harms and child safety regulation.
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“I first thank my hon. Friend for championing an incredibly important cause. Content promoting eating disorders is horrific, and I have to be clear that not just at the age of 16, but under the Online Safety Act 2023, platforms must already prevent children under the age of 18 from accessing content about eating disorde…”
Record by topic
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
What they’ve said
“…al technologies to developing life-saving therapeutics, life sciences generate immense economic value and vital public health benefit. The Government’s life sciences sector plan sets out a comprehensive, long-term strategy to ensure sustainable growth across all parts of the sector.”
Financial Assistance to Industry · 2026-03-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Consett (Liz Twist) for her consistent advocacy on this question, and for the roundtable she held with the Mental Health Foundation and the Molly Rose Foundation, which I was glad to attend.”
Online Harms · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ng pornography, as well as content that encourages, promotes or provides instructions for self-harm, suicide or eating disorders. Platforms are also now legally required to put in place measures to protect children from other types of harmful content.”
Online Harm: Child Protection · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That includes the potential impacts on mental health, sleep and self-esteem. We have set out our commitment to supporting parents and children with these issues. We want to find solutions that genuinely support the wellbeing of our children and to give parents the help that they need as they guide children through onli…”
Online Harm: Child Protection · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I totally agree with the hon. Member’s call for urgency. I assure her that first, the Government will act by the summer in robustly responding to the consultation.”
Online Harm: Child Protection · 2026-02-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
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