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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 December 2025
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
Amendment 292 introduces essential safeguards around consent, age verification and accountability in the online pornography industry. First, it requires that no pornographic material is published unless every individual featured has given explicit consent and is a verified adult. For existing material, platforms must confirm that all individuals are adults. This will be highly inconvenient for the industry and may well disrupt the user-generated model of porn, but this feels like a very long overdue requirement.
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