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For years, campaigners have fought to expose the dangers of strangulation and suffocation in pornography, acts that have been dressed up as erotic and liberating when in truth they are life-threatening. This is disproportionately affecting young women. I want to recognise those voices, especially Professor Clare McGlynn, whose persistence has brought us to this moment. I also thank my team. Without their determination, this change would not be happening. I pay tribute to my dear friend the late Lady Newlove, who began this journey when she pushed through law and raised awareness of non-fatal strangulation as the hideous controlling crime that it is. They are undoubtedly linked.