Clause 47 - Indecent photographs of persons aged 16 or 17
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
9:45 am
Ms Sandra Gidley (Romsey, Liberal Democrat)
In other Committees on which I have served, where there is vagueness such as this the Government have usually said that they will produce guidelines so that the judge knows what is going on and can direct a jury. We seem to have a complete absence of that here. Perhaps we could have a current set of guidelines to take account of what is thought in 2003. Is that not a workable suggestion for the Government?