Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

“What steps he is taking to support the mental health needs of survivors and the wider community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.”

Tabled: 23 January 2018Answered: 6 February 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Alex Davies-Jones)

We are introducing new offences of taking intimate images without consent and installing equipment with intent to commit such offences. We are also criminalising creating deepfake intimate images without consent. I proudly co-chair the violence against women and girls ministerial group, which oversees a cross-Government approach to tackling VAWG, including online abuse.