Claire Perry welcomes Bailey Review recommendations on the Sexualisation of Childhood

Today, the Department for Education published a six-month review into the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood. The Review calls on businesses and broadcasters to play their part and protect children from the increasingly sexualised 'wallpaper' that surrounds them.

Commenting Claire Perry said:

"I strongly support all of the measures proposed in today's Bailey Review on Child Sexualisation, especially the support for an Opt -In model to access adult material on the Internet. When I first proposed this measure last year it was clear that families wanted internet companies to do more to help keep children safe and I hope the report today will speed up the introduction of an industry wide approach to opt-in."

• Claire Perry called last November for an Opt In Model to Internet porn in a Parliamentary debate: To read the debate in full click here.
• Since then Ed Vaizey the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries has held two roundtable meetings on 7th February 2011 and the 18th May 2011, with internet service providers, parliamentarians, civil servants, children's charity representatives and other stakeholders to review the opt-in idea and other means of protecting children.
• The Bailey Review says parents should be able to buy computers, devices or internet services with adult content already blocked, rather than having to impose controls themselves. To read the review in full click here.

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