Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Vaz (Labour), on Tuesday, 7 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 45 members in total.

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CONTROL OF VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

That this House condemns the recent rise in violent video games; further condemns the recent launch of JFK Reloaded, which allows players to simulate the shooting of former American President John F Kennedy; notes that the game can be easily downloaded from the internet without any control measures and be played by children younger than the recommended age limit; welcomes the Prime Minister's call for an independent study of the research in this field, parental education about the rating system, and better instructive labelling on games; and calls on the Government to urge the British Board of Film Classification to take a much more cautious approach and review all video games rather than leave it to the industry to regulate itself.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

329 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Children Regulation Violence Video games

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk