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Department: Department for Transport

Oral Answers to Questions

Geraint Davies Excerpts
Thursday 10th March 2011

(13 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Featherstone Portrait Lynne Featherstone
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I am aware of the Girlguiding petition. It is an excellent petition, signed by thousands of young girls. It is true that the impression given to young girls by airbrushed images has a devastating effect. We are not considering legislative processes, but following my meeting with representatives of Media Smart, a not-for-profit organisation, Media Smart is developing as part of its programme a media literacy kit for youngsters at school that will help them to become more aware that what they see is not necessarily what is real.

Geraint Davies Portrait Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)
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What impact assessment has the Minister made of the impact of airbrushed pictures of the Prime Minister on the self-confidence—

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I want to be helpful to the hon. Gentleman and the House. The question is about airbrushed images of women. The Prime Minister is not a woman. [Interruption.] Order. That is the end of the matter. We will leave it there.