BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CLASSIFICATION

Early day motion 530, tabled 6 July 2005 by Mike Penning (Conservative). Signed by 26 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 14, Conservative 9, DUP 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Plaid Cymru 1.