This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Reduce allowed frequency of advertising for over 50s insurance and cremations
Put restrictions in place on frequency/or allowed hours for this category of advert
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Currently (especially on sky), every advert break will have at least one of these adverts. It’s damaging to the mental health of the elderly to be reminded of their death every ten minutes for 8 hours, this is at a time when mental health is at an all time low following social isolation as a result of the last 3 years in addition to the financial crisis we’re in.
A solution would be to reduce the frequency to one per hour per channel or only allow 4 hours per to contain this category of ads.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Decisions about the amount of television advertising that broadcasters can transmit and where such advertising can be scheduled are a matter for Ofcom, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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