Anti-Bullying Awareness Week 2007

EDM number 261 in 2007-08, proposed by Stephen Williams on 14/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Anti-social behaviour, Children and families, Internet and cybercrime and Schools.

That this House welcomes anti-bullying week which runs from 19th to 23rd November; congratulates schools, parents and anti-bullying organisations on their efforts to stamp out bullying in all its forms; notes that bullying continues to be a major problem in schools and the wider community; believes that the focus in 2007 on cyberbullying, schools and the community is appropriate due to the worrying growth in cyberbullying during recent years; calls for the development of new initiatives by network service providers and internet providers to curtail this new and insiduous form of intimidation and victimisation of children; further notes the recent report from Mencap on bullying of children and young people with learning disabilities; and urges the Government to provide greater training for schools to ensure prevention of bullying of the disabled, cyberbullying and any other form of bullying.

This motion has been signed by a total of 99 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.