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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 December 2025

Debate

Crime and Policing Bill

Contribution

However, I believe that we should go further than the Law Commission advice and include the non-consensual screenshotting of intimate images sent by disappearing messages or Snapchats. It is common practice for intimate images to be shared in this way, but it is important that in these scenarios we remember that consent has been given for a limited time and that capturing the image to keep permanently is a violation of that consent. The wording would also allow for the legislation to be future-proofed for the way in which capturing an image may evolve over time.

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