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Left MP urges action to block a website promoting suicide
Labour MP for Leeds East, Richard Burgon, speaks during a protest in Whitehall, London, during the nurses strike, against the Bill on minimum service levels during strikes. Picture date: Wednesday January 18, 2023
LEFT MP Richard Burgon is to name and shame internet service providers who refuse to block access to a website promoting suicide.
He will use a parliamentary debate to expose the providers allowing the site, linked to 50 deaths in Britain, to reach vulnerable people.
Mr Burgon’s initiative follows the death of his constituent 23-year-old Joe Nihill, who took his own life after accessing content encouraging suicide and deterring people from seeking mental health support.
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