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I had to hunt to find them, they are proposed amendments and not yet part of the bill.
Go here https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909/publications
And expand out ‘Ammendment Papers’ and choose ‘ HL Bill 135 Running list of amendments – 22 December 2025‘
It’s this doc
https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/64067/documents/7529
For example
LORD NASH BARONESS CASS BARONESS BENJAMIN
_ After Clause 27, insert the following new Clause—
“Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom (1) Within 12 months of the day on which this Act is passed the Secretary of State must, for the purpose of furthering the protection and wellbeing of children, make regulations which prohibit the provision to UK children of a Relevant VPN Service (the “child VPN prohibition”). (2) Regulations under subsection (1)— (a) may make provision for the provider of a Relevant VPN Service to apply to any person seeking to access its service in or from the UK age assurance which is highly effective at correctly determining whether or not that person is a child; (b) must apply the child VPN prohibition to the provider of any Relevant VPN Service which is, or is likely to be— (i) offered or marketed to persons in the United Kingdom; (ii) provided to a significant number of persons. (c) must make provision for the monitoring and effective enforcement of the child VPN prohibition. …
This is total vpn prohibition if you have to hand your personal data to the provider