Clause 53 - Sections 50 to 52: interpretation
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield, Conservative)
The 1959 Act covers the situations raised by the hon. Member for Romsey, but it is archaic. I do not know how many prosecutions for written text there have been under the 1959 Act in the past 12 months, but the Minister will find that it is a statute that, in that context, has fallen into disuse. Perhaps the Minister will tell me about a bold Government, who are going to grasp that particular
nettle, and produce an obscene publications Bill for the 21st century.