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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 March 2026

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

For too long, there has been a stark and indefensible disparity between how harmful pornography is treated offline and the far looser standards applied online. Tomorrow, it will be five years since the murder of Sarah Everard. When Wayne Couzens was arrested, he had free-to-view violent pornography across all his devices. Over 90% of online pornographic content features verbal, physical and sexual violence towards women. Some of this content is viewed 14 million times a month and falls within the legal definition of acts of torture. Police now arrest 1,000 suspected paedophiles every month. The direction of travel is obvious and intolerable.

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