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Film and Video Games: Classification Schemes

Commons · Question 26458 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 4 Feb 2025

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Asked by Mark Pritchard

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with the British Board of Film Classification the classification of (a) films and (b) video games; and if she will take steps to reduce the sexualisation of children through t

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Answered by Chris Bryant, 4 Feb 2025

The classification system has addressed these issues under successive governments, but decisions regarding the classification of films are made by the BBFC and the Games Rating Authority, not the BBFC, is responsible for the classification of video games....