I do not want to delay my hon. Friend in advancing his important case, but I am puzzled by the intervention of the Chairman of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, my hon. Friend the Member for Maldon and East Chelmsford (Mr. Whittingdale). Surely all the Bill does is provide an additional safeguard in extreme circumstances, not for routine films, which does not exist at present. When a film has been released and people find it distasteful and think that it should not have been released, there would be an additional protection. That is all the Bill does; it seems very sensible, prudent and pragmatic.
British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Luff
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 29 February 2008.
It occurred during Debate on bills on British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill.
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