Mr. Gresham Cooke:

Is my right hon. Friend aware that I am convinced that young men like Forsyth and Harris and John Rogers, and the young people who are now carrying arms in bank raids, have been influenced in their criminal behaviour by the constant repetition on television of films of crime, murder and shooting? Is it not time that we pulled up our standards? Incidentally, these displays of violence are the subject of a great deal of criticism from foreigners who see them in this country?