PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he will meet with mental health campaigners '3 Dads Walking', after intervention from one Cumbrian MP in Parliament today.

Dr Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border, raised the plight of a local Cumbrian mental health campaigner and his group’s tireless campaigning during Prime Minister’s Questions today.

Silence fell over the House of Commons as the Penrith MP paid tribute to ‘3 Dads Walking’, a group of suicide-bereaved fathers - Andy Airey, Tim Owen and Mike Palmer.

Together, they have raised more than £1million for young-suicide prevention charity PAPYRUS following the tragic losses of their daughters Sophie, Emily and Beth to suicide.

One of the fathers, Andy Airey, is a constituent of Dr Hudson and the pair have campaigned together to improve mental health awareness in young people.

Through his intervention in Parliament today, Dr Hudson said he has successfully secured a meeting with the Prime Minister and 3 Dads Walking to further discuss embedding age-appropriate suicide awareness in the curriculum to equip young people with the tools they need to save lives.

An exclusive meeting like this is tough to secure and further highlights the importance of protecting our young people from the risks of suicide, Dr Hudson said.

Dr Hudson has long supported the 3 Dads Walking, joining them on the Penrith leg of their mammoth charity trek, tabling a successful Early Day Motion supported by politicians from across the political spectrum, and helpig to bolster their widely successful petition.

The petition to make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum has garnered more than 157,000 signatures and will be debated in Parliament on March 13.

Dr Neil Hudson, MP for Penrith and The Border, said: “It was an honour to raise such a crucially important issue as young suicide at the very highest level of government and I look forward to further championing mental health issues as I have done since my very first speech in Parliament.

"I sincerely thank the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for agreeing to meet with me and the 3 Dads Walking, this is a brilliant step forward in a long-fought campaign.

“I, along with the Prime Minister, pay tribute to Andy, Mike and Tim who have campaigned bravely and tirelessly on this for so long.

"The fortitude they have shown to create a movement of love and positivity from such personal tragedy is humbling and I would like to again thank them for all they are doing to help our young people.

“We now have a brilliant opportunity to try to help save many young lives through compassionate policy making and I look forward to continue working with Andy, Mike and Tim on this important campaign.”

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Andy Airey and the 3 Dads Walking said: “We are delighted that Dr Neil Hudson MP was one of the first MP’s to support our call to make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum and has chosen to ask this question in PMQs.

“Suicide is the biggest killer of under 35s in the UK we, as a society, need to talk openly about the subject so that we can equip our young people with the knowledge and understanding that will help them deal with challenges they may face.

“Getting suicide prevention onto the school curriculum is a step along the way.

“We look forward to hearing a response from the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education.”

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