The Online Purchasing of Goods and Services (Age Verification) Bill is receiving its second reading in Parliament today, with the potential to force online merchants to adopt age verification technology.

Introduced by Margaret Moran, Labour MP for Luton South, it is the first time a politician in Europe has called for online age and identity verification to be put on the statute books.

The Bill aims to ensure that anyone selling age-restricted goods and services over the internet has to take steps to verify if customers are old enough.

The problem has been highlighted by results of a new survey that has found young people are using the internet to buy inappropriate material, such as explicit video games, adult DVDs, alcohol and even weapons, because it's easier than buying it on the High Street

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