Body Image and Mental Health

The hon. Gentleman raises an issue close to my heart. When we talk about so-called reality TV pro...

Is the Minister aware of the Be Real campaign’s latest report, “The Curate Escape”, which looks a...

I thank the hon. Lady for raising that point—I have heard of that campaign. It is disturbing that...

Is the Minister aware of the Good Childhood report, which states that girls who share pictures or...

Yes. The Children’s Society is doing some excellent work in this space and it always has a lot of...

Obviously, the harm is done with young people early on, and they are very impressionable—we have ...

I agree with that. Through the new personal education that will be rolled out next year, we will ...

Let me start by welcoming the Minister to the Front Bench. I am glad that she is still in her pos...

It is a privilege to speak in this debate. Indeed, it is always a privilege to speak in debates a...

I am not sure a recommendation from the Opposition Benches will help.

Indeed.

Body image is a very important issue, and it is an interesting one as well, because...

The hon. Lady is raising some very important points, and I think we all recognise that young peop...

Yes, those points are well made. We must do much more in the classroom to help young people grapp...

I begin by agreeing totally with the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (Dr...

I thank my right hon. Friend for making such a positive speech in this important debate. Does he ...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. I will go on to speak about the role of advertising becau...

It is a real honour to speak in this debate, and I regret that not many people are here to partic...

The popular image of eating disorders is that they mainly affect young women, but does the hon. L...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and that has been explored in several debates on ea...

I think we can all agree that this been an eye-opening and interesting debate, and I start by tha...

I shall not detain the House for too long, because I think it has heard enough from me for one da...

Will the Minister challenge the producers of a show such as “Love Island” to produce a series wit...

I could give that challenge, but the sad thing is that I do not think that any of us would watch ...

I agree with what the Minister says, but if we look at some of the adverts—for example, on Facebo...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for amplifying that point, because we must do that. We ...