MEDIA COVERAGE OF PEOPLE WITH DISFIGUREMENT

Early day motion 173, tabled 23 November 2009 by Roger Berry (Labour). Signed by 47 members.

That this House welcomes the appearance of a person with a facial disfigurement as a newsreader on national television in the week commencing 23 November 2009; congratulates Channel Five Broadcasting Limited for this decision; and calls on all broadcasters to increase the visibility of people with unusual faces in everyday roles on television and to commit to adopt new guidelines, recommended by Changing Faces, for fairer and more balanced media coverage of people with disfigurement.

Signatures by party: Labour 27, Liberal Democrat 9, DUP 5, Conservative 2, Independent 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.