Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps he is taking to support farmers.”
Tabled: 15 July 2021Answered: 22 July 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Sarah Sackman)
I am sorry to hear about that tragic case in my hon. Friend’s constituency. Encouraging or assisting suicide is an offence under the Suicide Act 1961, and sending communications that encourage or assist serious self-harm is an offence under the Online Safety Act 2023, but we are going to tighten up the law to address the situation that my hon. Friend has described. Of course, this is about not just the law, but the enforcement of the law as well.