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Hello, I'm Sean Curran and this is yesterday in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

Late in the evening of Monday the 27th of April, the government promised to place restrictions on social media for under 16s at the end of a consultation process

that's already underway. A minister made the announcement in the Commons just a few hours

after the government had suffered a defeat in the Lords at the hands of peers who wanted an

Australian-style ban.

Unlike its more popular namesake,

far from being a fast and furious pursuit lasting just a few minutes,

parliamentary ping-pong is usually a rather sedate and thoughtful affair,

with rallies played in slow motion over several days.

With the next King's speech due in just over a fortnight, now is the moment when opponents

and critics of government legislation seek to secure changes and concessions as ministers

try to transform bills into laws.

My lords, they have voted content 316, not contents, 165, therefore the contents have it.

That was a tea-time defeat for the government, as members of the Lords voted for the fourth time

in favour of a social media ban for under 16s. Ministers had argued that

there should be a consultation before any ban, and they tabled their own amendment to the

children's wellbeing and schools bill. But critics complained that the government proposal

didn't go far enough and could delay any action for up to three years.

An education minister, Lady Smith,

said the government was committed to moving as quickly as possible

and said the timeline set out in the amendment was a ceiling and not a target.

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