Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 31691
Self-harm
Tabled: 13 February 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025
Question
Ayoub Khan
Independent — Birmingham Perry Barr
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) people and (b) charities providing support to people that (i) have self-harmed and (ii) are considering self-harming are not criminalised; and what guidance she provide
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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