ACTION ON CHILD EXPLOITATION AND PRESSWISE

Early day motion 323, tabled 30 July 1997 by Dan Norris (Labour). Signed by 14 members.

That this House welcomes the initiative taken by Action on Child Exploitation and Presswise, in responding to the Stockholm Declaration on the commercial sexual exploitation of children, by organising the Forum on Child Exploitation and the Media, with the support of 42 national and international child care and media organisations; and notes that the recommendations, prepared by Elizabeth Lawson QC, offer constructive guidance to all involved in the representation of children in the media in ways that can be progressed by education and training programmes and with the media industry regulators as part of a broader initiative to improve the protection of children as well as public understanding of the issues involved.

Signatures by party: Labour 11, Liberal Democrat 3.