Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 9 July 2007.
Jacqui Smith
Home Secretary
2:30,
9 July 2007
I think that the legislation to which my hon. Friend refers is due to receive its Second Reading in the autumn. He is right that the campaigning of Liz Longhurst, ably supported and championed by him, has brought the issue to the fore and applied the necessary pressure to bring about those legislative changes, which will be important in offering protection in this area.
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Sean Goldthorpe
Posted on 10 Jul 2007 3:21 pm (Report this annotation)
Ms. Smith could have been more helpful by describing what the measure will protect anybody from?
The outlawing of possession of "extreme pornography" appears to have been brought forward in response to the self- serving statements of a single convicted murderer. The UK should not be governed on the say- so of murderers.