Clause 53 - Sections 50 to 52: interpretation
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Ms Beverley Hughes (Minister of State (Citizenship and Immigration), Home Office; Stretford and Urmston, Labour)
We also have to remember that we are discussing images. That is the point that the hon. Member for Romsey makes when she asks whether we need to go beyond images. We define pornography as images. Other legislation makes indecent or obscene written text a prosecutable offence. We have covered those different situations in existing law and, in the definition of pornography in the Bill, for the specific situation in which the real image of a child has been made into pornography. That is the distinction. I am happy to check with officials to ensure that the existing legislation, primarily the Obscene Publications Act 1959, covers the situation that she has raised.