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

The hon. Gentleman should be really careful about the assertion that he is making, because it is really important that we base what we do on evidence. Nobody is suggesting that the film was not in the house, but there is no suggestion that either of the two boys who killed Jamie Bulger had seen it. If the hon. Gentleman proves me wrong, I will be really happy to make a retraction, but at present all I can say to him is that my best understanding is that the link that he is attempting to make in the two instances that we have been discussing has not been evidentially established. We must be really careful when we deal with these issues. I want to talk about the British Board of Film Classification, because I agree with the hon. Member for Wantage and others in the House who have said to us that although it does not get it right every time, it does an extremely good job in incredibly difficult circumstances. Nobody has mentioned today that it looks at some 17,000 works a year. [Interruption.] My apologies to the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster)—he did mention that. The BBFC looks at an enormous number of works, and it takes extremely seriously the task of ensuring that it works in tune with the general consensus of the public's views at any one time.