Crime and Policing Bill - Committee (4th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 5:45 pm on 27 November 2025.
Lord Hanson of Flint:
Moved by Lord Hanson of Flint
270: Schedule 7, page 267, line 4, leave out “and 52A” and insert “, 52A and 52D”Member’s explanatory statementThis Amendment is consequential on my new Clause (Child sexual abuse image-generators: Scotland) inserted after clause 63.
271: Schedule 7, page 268, line 16, at end insert—“(vi) Article 42A (child sexual abuse image-generators);”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential on my new clause (Child sexual abuse image generators: Northern Ireland) inserted after clause 63.
Amendments 270 and 271 agreed.
Schedule 7, as amended, agreed.
Clauses 66 to 68 agreed.
Amendment 271A not moved.
Clauses 69 to 71 agreed.
Amendments 271B to 271E not moved.
Clause 72: Duty to report suspected child sex offences
Amendment 271F not moved.
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