Member

If and when these amendments pass into law, including the three amendments on what the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, identified as the main unresolved issues, they will help to end the feeling of impunity that scars the victims and ensure that everyone who creates or solicits the creation of such an image or video without the consent of the person involved will be committing a crime. Nothing can be less ambiguous than the operation of cause and effect. Perpetrators must know that this country has determined that it is criminal to create these images in these circumstances with no defence—and the defences are limited—and that they will be punished and unable to avoid the consequence by just getting someone else to do it on their behalf.