Early Day Motion·EDM 1744

BANNING OF VIDEO GAME BY THE BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CLASSIFICATION

21 June 200741 Signatures

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That this House welcomes the decision by the British Board of Film Classification to ban the game Manhunt 2 from being sold in the UK; further welcomes the decision to withdraw from sale another video game which used footage of the abduction of James Bulger; believes that games depicting extreme, realistic and graphic violence can damage the social development of children and young adults; and further believes that video games companies should better recognise their social responsibilities when they design a new game.