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Anna Roberts

Conservative on Safe Social Media Act 2026-10-28

130 words · 14 sentences · 14 clauses

Replying to Will Greaves (Liberal)

“Madam Speaker, I have a pretween daughter, and there is a very real conversation that happens in our school, with the parents in our school community, about who is going to give their child a cell phone first because when that one parent gives that one tween-age child a phone, it creates the desire for this object among all of the other students and puts incredible pressure on us parents, so much so that we wish the school would simply ban the use of these devices so that individual parents would not have either the burden of monitoring their child’s social media and Internet use or the social pressure to keep up with the Joneses and the latest technology, etc. I wonder if the hon. member for King—Vaughan would agree, as a mother and a grandmother, as she said, that some of these decisions are actually made easier for parents and for families when they are taken at the collective level. When a school or an institution such as government makes an evidence-based, rational decision, that makes a standard common to everybody and relieves parents of the individual responsibility of having to make that unpopular decision that their son or daughter cannot have a phone.”

Statement grade

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Average 88 / 100

A score under 50 is red. Choose a measurement to see where it lost points and why; choose it again to clear.

Thanks 5%Procedure 3%Claims 51%Reasoning 35%Anecdote 6%

This view breaks the statement into its steps and names what each one does.

Madam Speaker, Thanks · 7 wordsthat is actually a really good question.Thanks Procedure · 4 wordsHere is the situation.Procedure Claims · 18 wordsAll kids want to have what the other children have.Off point We know that. It is part of nature. Reasoning · 20 wordsHowever, one thing that we have to really understand is that we need to hold these big tech companies responsible. Anecdote · 8 wordsI am going to tell a sad story.Anecdote Claims · 48 wordsI met with a mother whose child is autistic and was groomed through the Internet.¹ The mother found her daughter five years later. The daughter had to go through multiple surgeries. She is now on suicide watch. That all happened through the Internet, through a social media platform. Reasoning · 25 wordsI do not want that to be anyone else’s child. It is our responsibility to make sure that those innocent, vulnerable children are kept safe.Vague promise

At a glance

Lost points for

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What the tags mean

Signal · 81

3 of 5 deductions are Signal

Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.

Thanks and tributes.What the tags mean “that is actually a really good question.”Thanks: no claim, reason or ask.
Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business.What the tags mean “Here is the situation.”Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
A story that illustrates instead of making a point.What the tags mean “I am going to tell a sad story.”An anecdote: it illustrates, it does not claim, reason or ask.

Relevance · 88

1 of 5 deductions are Relevance

Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the point put to the member, and the bill under debate.

Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate.What the tags mean “All kids want to have what the other children have.”Shifts to broader mental health concerns beyond the social media harms the question asked about.

Respect · 100

0 of 5 deductions are Respect

Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.

Nothing lost points.

Clarity · 82

1 of 5 deductions are Clarity

Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.

A promise with no date, no measure and no one responsible.What the tags mean “It is our responsibility to make sure that those innocent, vulnerable children are kept safe”A commitment on the speaker’s side with no named measure, actor or success condition for keeping children safe.

Claims · 1

This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.

1“I met with a mother whose child is autistic and was groomed through the Internet”Anna Roberts, MP for King—Vaughan, has said she met with a mother whose autistic child was groomed through the Internet.search

Analysed on 2026-10-30