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British Board Of Film Classification

EDM number 530 in 2005-06, proposed by Mike Penning on 06/07/2005.

That this House expresses its concern that the names and professional backgrounds of the examiners at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) are not available to the public; and expresses further concern at the BBFC's increasing tendency to abdicate its responsibility to parents and guardians of young people by classifying too many films as 12a, thus placing the decision as to whether the film is suitable to be seen by young people onto the parent or guardian, who in most cases will not have seen the film beforehand, unlike the BBFC.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Michael Penning06/07/2005Hemel HempsteadConservativeProposed
Dari Taylor06/07/2005Stockton SouthLabourSeconded
Julian Brazier06/07/2005CanterburyConservativeSeconded
Mark Pritchard06/07/2005The WrekinConservativeSeconded
Brian Binley06/07/2005Northampton SouthConservativeSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle06/07/2005ChorleyLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones07/07/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Tim Loughton07/07/2005East Worthing and ShorehamConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn07/07/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer07/07/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore07/07/2005HendonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/07/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Crabb07/07/2005Preseli PembrokeshireConservativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/07/2005Luton NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean11/07/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Julian Lewis12/07/2005New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Betty Williams12/07/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton12/07/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd13/07/2005Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Rudi Vis14/07/2005Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Gregory Campbell19/07/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Helen Goodman20/07/2005Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt21/07/2005Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell10/10/2005RomfordConservativeSigned
Stephen Hepburn10/10/2005JarrowLabourSigned
John McDonnell06/11/2006Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned

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