Clause 25 - Sections 18 to 21: marriage exception
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
3:30 pm
Ms Harriet Harman (Solicitor General, Law Officers' Department; Camberwell and Peckham, Labour)
The points that my hon. and learned Friend makes follow on from the well-made points in the earlier debate. It goes without saying that reviewing the marriage exception in the context in which we discussed it this morning and the response that I gave then would apply similarly to the abuse of trust. The question is whether we have drawn the balance right, with the right age, the right sort of activity and the right defence. Obviously, the abuse of trust issue would have
to come into our consideration of and consultation on that point.