Video Gaming Health and Wellbeing Strategy Bill [HL]

Key Points

• Mandates the Secretary of State to develop and publish a national video gaming health and wellbeing strategy.
• Requires the Secretary of State to develop health guidance on video gaming.
• The strategy and guidance would be publicly available and kept up to date.
• Covers health and wellbeing impacts of video gaming under the healthcare policy area.
• Currently at the second reading in the House of Lords and not yet law.

Progress

The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Lords and would need to progress through further stages (Committee, Report, and approval by both Houses) to become law.