Ration TV for children, MPs urged

The amount of time children spend watching television should be rationed to prevent health and learning problems, an expert is to tell MPs.

Children under three should not watch any TV, psychologist Dr Aric Sigman will argue at a Westminster conference.

He also believes there should not be any TV sets in children's bedrooms and that new mothers should be warned of the dangers of excessive viewing.

Broadcasters say television is an easy scapegoat for society's problems.