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British Board of Film Classification (Accountability to Parliament and Appeals) Bill

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, as this is a big issue. I appreciate the motives of my hon. Friend the Member for Canterbury (Mr. Brazier) in introducing the Bill, but he has himself accepted that the largest platform out there is the internet. The people generating that business are not based in Hammersmith or anywhere else in London; it is an underground business. Surely the House would be far better spending its time trying to legislate to control the internet and the messages it sends. I have another question for the right hon. Gentleman. If we are to teach our children about these issues, would not that message best come from the family? Families should be trying to deal with morality of that sort. It is hard to deal with a tiny fraction of the market by controlling DVDs and videos, as the Bill proposes.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c1361 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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