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UKIE's Michael Rawlinson has claimed that parliament is becoming more accepting of video games.

Speaking at the Develop Liverpool conference, the director general said that the UK government is starting to realise the potential of games as a learning aid.

"We have a creative industries minister who is hugely supportive of our sector. I think parliament is changing," he explained. 

"We need to stop apologising for the one or two games that might be on the edge of what people think is acceptable socially or in taste terms, and actually start staying, 'You know what, these things [are] bloody good and they're great for training and engaging children'."

Rawlinson added that UKIE is helping to devise education initiatives involving games, which have received strong support from MPs. 

"I was at a conference a couple of weeks ago where someone said that 60% of students who responded to a questionnaire play games rather than do their homework, and Tanya Byron who was on the panel, said, 'Well the solution is simple, get games to be part of the homework and you solve two problems in one'. 

"That's on our agenda of work that we are doing. We've had a great response from MPs. There is some really solid work going on there, talking up the industry rather than talking it down."