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Commons · Question 126372 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 24 Apr 2026

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Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the adequacy of the pace of its ongoing investigation of a suicide forum that grooms users to die by suicide.

Answer

Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 24 Apr 2026

The Secretary of State has been clear Ofcom has full backing to use its enforcement powers and welcomes its investigation into extremely harmful suicide forums. Ofcom’s provisional decision published on 27 February is clear that unless its concerns are fu...