Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative), on Monday, 3 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 62 members in total.

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MEDIA COVERAGE OF SUICIDE

That this House welcomes the recently announced proposed amendment to the Editor's Code of Conduct; further welcomes the new commitment to ensure that when reporting suicide, care should be taken to avoid excessive detail about the method used; notes that the change has come, in no small measure, as a response to the publication of photographs in the press earlier this year which many, including some in the media, felt were gratuitous and could have led to a copycat case; congratulates Samaritans on their work in bringing this change about; and hopes that in future the media will treat coverage of suicide with the sensitivity that it deserves.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2484 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Glenda Jackson

Paul Robert Holmes

Andrew George

Bob Russell

Andrew Selous

Subjects

Broadcasting Newspaper press Suicide

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk