Clause 67 - Sexual activity in a public lavatory
Sexual Offences Bill [Lords]
3:30 pm
Mr Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman knows the distinction between the Public Order Act and the clause: the Act requires an element of proof about the
disturbance to public order and the clause represents a blanket prohibition. What is wrong with a blanket prohibition on sex in public lavatories if the Committee considers that they are not places where people should engage in sexual activity? That is the issue and that is what troubled those in the other place. Once we have put this legislation into the shape that the Government propose, nobody on the Committee should have difficulty with the principle underlying the clause.