Commercialisation And Childhood

EDM number 969 in 2010-12, proposed by David Morris on 08/11/2010.
Categorised under the topic of Children's social services.

That this House notes that childhood is a marketing opportunity worth 99 billion in the UK; is concerned about the effect on children's wellbeing of the volume and some methods of advertising of children's products; is particularly concerned about the use of sex to sell to children; welcomes Mothers' Union's Bye Buy Childhood campaign which challenges the commercialisation of childhood; recalls the Government's promise to tackle the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood; and calls upon the Government to take steps to fully prohibit sexualised media, marketing and products aimed at or easily accessible to children under 16.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.