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Mr MacAlister warned that children are moving less, smiling less, learning less as a result of increased smartphone and social media use, including in the classroom.
He introduced the Protection of Children (Digital Safety and Data Protection) Bill which if passed would instruct UK chief medical officers to publish advice for parents on the use of smartphones.
The MP for Whitehaven and Workington told the Commons he began his career as a teacher in 2009 when there was the odd phone in the classroom.
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