Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 43 members in total.

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SAY NO TO SIZE ZERO CAMPAIGN

That this House notes with concern the high number of people suffering from eating disorders in the UK and the popularity of pro-anorexia websites with teenagers; deplores the use of the motto Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels by fashion and style role models; believes the Say no to size Zero campaign led by model Katie Green is an appropriate and intelligent response to the pressure on younger people to lose dangerous amounts of weight in the misguided belief that this is desirable and attractive; and requests that in future due care and attention is taken by celebrities in the fashion industry when commenting about weight.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

138 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Bob Spink

Lynne Jones

Gordon Prentice

Jeremy Corbyn

Subjects

Mental health

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk