Clause 47 - Indecent photographs of persons aged 16 or 17

Part of Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:10 pm ar 18 Medi 2003.

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Photo of Dominic Grieve Dominic Grieve Ceidwadwyr, Beaconsfield 9:10, 18 Medi 2003

Another thing that we ought to think about has just crossed my mind. One way or another, we are potentially sanctioning the bringing into circulation—admittedly at this stage just for private use—of pornographic photographs of young boys or girls. If subsequently, at the age of 18, consent were given, those photographs could easily go into general circulation. We are worried about the problem of child pornography, but we are providing a loophole for its production, because, as I understand it, its circulation can postdate by many years the date on which it was originally produced.