9:41am Monday 15th March 2010
By Neil Skinner
MP Claire Ward has voted to ban under 18s from using sunbeds.
Ms Ward, member for Watford, registered her support for the Sunbeds Bill on Friday – during its third reading in the House of Commons.
A recent report compiled by Cancer Research UK claimed that upto 50 per cent of 15 to 17 year-olds regularly used sunbeds.
Ms Ward explained: “This is about protecting our children from the danger of skin cancer, which affects an increasing number of people and claims too many lives every year.
The bill will now be debated by the House of Lords before it can become law.
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