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Children And Media Literacy

EDM number 885 in 2010-12, proposed by David Morris on 25/10/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Children and Media.

That this House notes that, given the increased exposure to and use of digital media platforms by children, media literacy is an increasingly important skill for children to have and as such an important part of primary school education; therefore calls for materials such as Media Smart's Digital Adwise programme to be taken up by primary schools to increase children's awareness of advertising material online and their ability to think critically when viewing commercial communications; further calls for the Government to help expedite this by aiming to encourage more primary schools to adopt Media Smart or similar education schemes by 2012; further calls for the Government to take advice from education experts and groups on the introduction of media literacy teaching more widely across primary schools; and further calls for the Government to explore the possibility of incorporating media literacy teaching such as the Media Smart lessons and similar programmes into the primary school curriculum.

This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Morris25/10/2010Morecambe and LunesdaleConservativeProposed
Alan Meale26/10/2010MansfieldLabourSeconded
Mike Hancock26/10/2010Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Martin Caton26/10/2010GowerLabourSeconded
David Simpson27/10/2010Upper BannDUPSeconded
George Howarth27/10/2010KnowsleyLabourSeconded
John McDonnell28/10/2010Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Hywel Francis28/10/2010AberavonLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley01/11/2010Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Virendra Sharma01/11/2010Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Jenny Chapman02/11/2010DarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn03/11/2010Islington NorthLabourSigned
Tom Blenkinsop04/11/2010Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourSigned
Tim Farron08/11/2010Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell10/11/2010Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Williams17/11/2010CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned

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