Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 30717
Self-harm
Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 17 February 2025
Question
Mary Kelly Foy
Labour — City of Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure the proposed offence of (a) encouraging or (b) assisting self-harm will not criminalise (i) people or (ii) charities providing support to affected people; whether she plans to iss
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesSection 184 of the Online Safety Act 2023 gave partial effect to a Law Commission recommendation to create an offence of encouraging or assisting self-harm. The proposed new offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm intends to replace (in so f...
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