The Lib Dem's Sarah Teather told The Sun: "Parents who battle with their children to watch less TV will be tearing their hair out at this."
Shadow education secretary David Willetts said: "Children should be interacting with each other, not a screen."
Dhanda actually said young people should have "a modern, pleasant environment for enjoying meals". Is that really something to oppose?
What is the value of a teenager? In actual cash terms, what is the total net worth of the average young person as they step out of their house?
Congratulations if you guessed about 800. That's the figure arrived at by a survey for a financial institution. It reckons the average teenager wears clothes worth 229, jewellery to the value of 125, and a watch costing 76. They will carry a mobile phone, an MP3 player and a wallet collectively worth more than 300.
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