Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Labour), on Monday, 10 February 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 56 members in total.

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REPORT ON THE PRESS AND MENTALLY DISORDERED

That this House welcomes the recent report on national newspapers/ BBC regarding the mentally disordered and mentally distressed published by The Matthew Trust; agrees that consultation should take place between the Home Secretary, the Secretary of State for Health and the Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission to ensure a strengthening of the Code of Practice of national newspapers to protect the mentally disordered from intrusion by the Press; believes that the Home Office should adhere to its undertaking to review, in June of this year, the Press Complaints Commission's operational response to intrusiveness by national newspapers; believes that the review considers statutory measures in the interests of the mentally disordered, distressed, handicapped or ill; and agrees that the British Broadcasting Corporation should adopt the Codes of Practice contained in the report and that it introduce an internal Standing Committee on Mental Health.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

645 

Session

1991-92

Subjects

BBC Mental capacity Newspaper press Press Complaints Commission Press freedom Matthew Trust

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk