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Violent Video Games

EDM number 340 in 2010-12, proposed by Keith Vaz on 29/06/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Children and Information technology.

That this House notes with grave concern that despite the 18 rating that the most violent video games carry, some children and teenagers are still able to acquire them; congratulates the work of Mothers Against Violence with regard to their campaign to increase parental awareness of violent games; urges the Government to support the promotion of parental awareness of the violent content of video games which are 18-rated; and calls on the Government to urge Pan-European Game Information to take further steps to highlight the inappropriate content of these games for under 18s.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz29/06/2010Leicester EastLabourProposed
Andrew George29/06/2010St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan29/06/2010FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Peter Bottomley29/06/2010Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell29/06/2010ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Eric Illsley30/06/2010Barnsley CentralLabourWithdrawn
John McDonnell30/06/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Margaret Ritchie30/06/2010South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell30/06/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Meale30/06/2010MansfieldLabourSigned
Martin Caton30/06/2010GowerLabourSigned
Mike Hancock30/06/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Stephen Williams30/06/2010Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Rotheram30/06/2010Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Katy Clark01/07/2010North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds01/07/2010Belfast NorthDUPSigned
John Leech05/07/2010Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd06/07/2010Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
William McCrea06/07/2010South AntrimDUPSigned
Jeremy Corbyn06/07/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Robert Flello07/07/2010Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Gwynne07/07/2010Denton and ReddishLabourSigned
Marsha Singh08/07/2010Bradford WestLabourSigned
Annette Brooke08/07/2010Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Gordon Banks08/07/2010Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma08/07/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn12/07/2010JarrowLabourSigned
Lady Hermon12/07/2010North DownIndependentSigned
Michael Crockart13/07/2010Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Jones20/07/2010HyndburnLabourSigned

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