Entries in 'keith vaz' (12)

Vaz tables FIFTH violent games EDM

Vaz tables FIFTH violent games EDM

Labour MP and long-term opponent of the games industry Keith Vaz has tabled his FIFTH early day motion about violent video games.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 3rd 2012 at 2:59PM in News
Selective Vaz attacks games AGAIN

Selective Vaz attacks games AGAIN

Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leicester East, has once gain used his position of power to launch an unwarranted attack on the games industry.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 9th 2011 at 9:18AM in News
If at first Keith Vaz doesn't succeed he tries, tries and tries again

If at first Keith Vaz doesn't succeed he tries, tries and tries again

Active anti-games campaigner and Labour MP Keith Vaz has raised his fourth early day motion aimed at quelling the effect of violent games, this time targeting Activision’s Modern Warfare 3.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 23rd 2011 at 10:18AM in News
Vaz tables third gaming Early Day Motion

Vaz tables third gaming Early Day Motion

Third time lucky. That must be the thinking behind Labour MP Keith Vaz's posting of a third games-related Early Day Motion in ten months.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 23rd 2011 at 11:39AM in News

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Vaz brings another anti-gaming Early Day Motion

Vaz brings another anti-gaming Early Day Motion

Labour MP Keith Vaz has raised his second anti-games Early Day Motion of the year, this time linking video games to a spate of shootings in Sweden last month.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 17th 2010 at 3:30PM in News
Vaz back on the anti-games bandwagon

Vaz back on the anti-games bandwagon

One of the UK’s staunchest anti-games critics is back on the warpath with the news that Keith Vaz, the Labour MP for Leicester East, has gone to Parliament with fresh ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 5th 2010 at 3:05PM in News
MPs: Keith Vaz has changed

MPs: Keith Vaz has changed

Backbench MP Keith Vaz – better known within the industry for his frequent outbursts on violent games – has changed, says leading politicians.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Mar 31st 2010 at 11:56AM in News
Ministers hope to fast-track PEGI

Ministers hope to fast-track PEGI

The UK Government has addressed fears that the Digital Economy Bill will not be passed before the General Election.
 
The Bill, which looks at age ratings, broadband and illegal ...

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Jan 7th 2010 at 12:53PM in News

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Keith Vaz offered knighthood?

Keith Vaz offered knighthood?

Harsh critic of the video games industry Keith Vaz has been offered a knighthood by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, UK national newspapers have alleged.

by Tim Ingham
on Jun 12th 2008 at 11:53AM in News
Tanya Byron’s ‘difficult’ meeting with Keith Vaz

Tanya Byron’s ‘difficult’ meeting with Keith Vaz

Dr Tanya Byron has spoken of her ‘difficult’ meeting with notoriously anti-violent games MP Keith Vaz.

by Tim Ingham
on Apr 9th 2008 at 7:20PM in News
MP Keith Vaz welcomes Byron Review

MP Keith Vaz welcomes Byron Review

MP Keith Vaz has released a statement to the press welcoming the proposals within the Byron Review - but in doing so he suggests once again that Rockstar title Manhunt ...
by Neil Long
on Mar 31st 2008 at 3:37PM in News
Modern games feature ‘virtual rape’, MP tells Parliament

Modern games feature ‘virtual rape’, MP tells Parliament

MP for Leicester East Keith Vaz has put forward the questionable claim that players can “rape women” in modern games to Parliament.

by Tim Ingham
on Mar 3rd 2008 at 3:21PM in News