Condom adverts should be screened before 9pm to tackle teenage pregnancies, Government advisers say

By Aislinn Simpson
www.telegraph.co.uk

The Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG) also called for the parents of children as young as four to be sent information packs about how to talk to their children about sex, relationships and contraception.

The group, which is made up of family planning advisers, medical experts and social workers picked by ministers, made its recommendations in its annual report published yesterday (Wed).

The report said: "TPIAG would like to see restrictive and outdated broadcasting standards reviewed and overhauled to ensure positive sexual health messages, including the advertising of condoms, are communicated effectively before the 9pm broadcast watershed."