The government has been urged to include suicide prevention on the national curriculum, after a campaign involving a Norfolk father whose daughter took her own life.
Tim Owen, from Shouldham near King's Lynn, formed the Three Dads Walking campaign group with Mike Palmer and Andy Airey after the deaths of their three daughters.
And the trio secured a debate in Westminster Hall after setting up a petition which 160,000 people signed.
The debate took place on Monday, where MPs from across the political spectrum backed the call to make the subject compulsory in schools, with a review pending over what is taught.
North Norfolk Conservative MP Duncan Baker told the debate the planned review should be "brought in as quickly as possible".
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Mr Owen, Mr Airey and Mr Palmer started Three Dads Walking in memory of their daughters, 19-year-old Emily Owen, Sophie Airey, 29 and Beth Palmer, 17.
They want suicide prevention lessons – currently optionally taught to age-appropriate children – to become a statutory part of the curriculum.
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