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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 December 2025
Debate
Crime and Policing BillContribution
Amendments 295BE, 295BF, 295BG, 295BJ, 298A, 299A and 300B seek to tackle the growing concern of sexually explicit audio being used to circumnavigate the image-based abuse offences. This amendment mirrors the image-based abuse offences and would make it an offence to record, install equipment to record, request the creation of, create or share audio that a reasonable person would consider to be sexual in nature without their consent. The 2022 Law Commission report stated that:
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