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Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

My Lords, on Report, I asked the Minister the purpose of this new offence. Was it to discourage criminal sexual acts being filmed, or was it to discourage people from watching porn? The Minister’s answer was something of a surprise: he wished to criminalise the gratification of the individual in watching pornography in the privacy of his own home. That is one thing, but it seems completely illogical to make that a more serious offence than the act which—if it is criminal—the individual is watching. I ask the Minister to reflect on whether he can in any form of logic maintain his opposition to these amendments.