Devizes MP Claire Perry has been thanked by The Parent Zone organisation for the efforts she is making to help parents concerned about the dangers of their children surfing online with their computers.
Mrs Perry, who is David Cameron’s adviser on Preventing Commercialisation and Sexualisation of Childhood, took part last week in a group discussion with parents to discuss their safety concerns facing children surfing online.
“Claire spent a lot of time with a group of parents at the House of Commons taking part in a very constructive and helpful discussion,” Vicki Shotbolt, chief executive of The Parent Zone, told Marlborough News Online.
“We are grateful to her for that and feel reassured that she is doing so much to tackle this really challenging issue. This government is doing a lot to put pressure on the industry to improve parental controls and ensure that filters are available for public wi-fi.
“Our remaining concern is that parents are not getting the information they need to manage technology so we are calling for a public education campaign to ensure that parents understand the online world their children are so familiar with.”
Claire, mother of three, pointed out: “Parents should have the primary responsibility over what their children do online but this meeting reaffirmed for me the fact that there is plenty more that can be done to give them the tools and the know-how to help protect their children.
“We are seeing real progress being made in this area, like providing better parental controls and having clean public wi-fi across the country, and we are looking to do more to help educate and inform parents of the dangers online.
“I will certainly be bearing in mind the important points I heard today from parents as I continue my work to help ensure we lead the world in online child safety.”
