Parents could be warned against buying their children a smartphone until they reach secondary school under plans being drawn up by ministers.
A consultation on screen use by under-16s will consider whether parents should be given advice on the appropriate age for children to be allowed to use a phone.
The review will be co-chaired by Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza, who has previously said that pre-secondary age children are ‘too young’ to be using internet-enabled devices.
Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips suggested on Sunday that smartphones should be restricted to adults.
Ms Phillips quit the Government partly over failure to take action
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