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Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:45 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Photo of Charles Walker Charles Walker Conservative, Broxbourne 5:45, 16 October 2007

I see a problem, because huge numbers of images are available on terrestrial television of violence towards women and of violent pornography. A series called “Wire in the Blood” routinely depicts what I would call violent pornography and violence towards women. There are films on general release in cinemas, such as “Hostel 2”—I have no intention of watching it—which is an hour and a half of brutal, violent pornography towards women. I am struggling with how this is going to work. How can you make taking stills from “Hostel 2” a criminal offence, but pass the film and give it a classification? Do you see what I am saying?