A Bill to make provision about anti-social behaviour, offensive weapons, offences against people (including sexual offences), property offences, the criminal exploitation of persons, sex offenders, stalking and public order; to make provision about powers of the police, the border force and other similar persons; to make provision about confiscation; to make provision about the police; to make provision about terrorism and national security, and about international agreements relating to crime; to make provision about the criminal liability of bodies; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Yvette CooperLabour (Co-op)
30 March 2026
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The Crime and Policing Bill seeks to strengthen laws on anti-social behaviour, weapons, offences against people (including sexual offences), and policing powers, while also embedding reforms around online safety, data use, and global crime matters. As it moves through Parliament, Lords amendments have added far-reaching measures—especially on online platforms, safeguarding, and the use of confiscated assets—alongside debates about age thresholds, safeguarding for young people, and devolved powers.
The Commons is considering Lords amendments to a broad policing and crime bill that has already undergone extensive scrutiny. The document trail shows Lords’ proposals on online safety, safeguarding, and asset recovery being debated, with devolved administrations engaged and some motions requiring consent from devolved legislatures. The bill remains in active passage as amendments are debated and possibly further altered.
In the Commons, government-aligned parties generally supported the bill and many amendments, while Labour and other opposition groups opposed much of the Lords’ changes. The Third Reading in the Commons passed with a substantial Aye majority, reflecting broad government support, while opposition parties registered strong opposition to many amendments. Some proposed amendments from the Lords and Labour were not carried, but a number of Labour-proposed changes on safeguarding and child protection appeared in amendment papers and committee stages.
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Based on 12 recorded votes • Sorted by % Aye
Third reading - the final chance for the Lords to change the bill - took place on 25 March.
What happens next?
The bill will now go back to the Commons for consideration of Lords amendments on Tuesday 14 April 2026. If necessary, provision has been made for a Lords Message to be considered on Monday 20 April 2026 as well.
On 24 March 2026, the Scottish Parliament agreed to a Legislative Consent Motion on the Crime and Policing Bill, allowing the UK Parliament to legislate on a defined set of provisions within the bill that fall within devolved competence and affect the Scottish ministers’ executive powers. The motion lists numerous clauses and schedules (covering areas such as weapons, child exploitation, data and policing powers) for Westminster consideration. The decision was notified to the House of Commons with accompanying memoranda from the Scottish Government.
The amendments propose a new clause to the Online Safety Act 2023 requiring platforms to remove intimate image content within 48 hours of a report and to identify substantially similar content, with exemptions where appropriate. It creates an intimate image content reporting mechanism, expedited complaints procedures, and a fines regime (up to £39,000 per 24 hours) for non‑compliance, plus a duty to publish average removal times to OFCOM. The changes also extend these duties to search results and are accompanied by consequential amendments and new user notices.
The government proposes new delegated powers to create detailed rules for 'intimate image content reports' under the Online Safety Act 2023, so that user‑to‑user and search services must remove non‑consensual intimate images promptly when a report is made. Regulations can specify additional reporting requirements (e.g., what counts as sufficient information and how to meet the report) but cannot change core duties, the definition of intimate image content, or the 48‑hour removal timeframe, and will be subject to negative procedure.
Amendments introduce a new clause to the Online Safety Act 2023 requiring providers to remove intimate image content promptly (within 48 hours) after it is reported, with a formal ‘intimate image content report’ and an expedited complaints process for affected users; the duties also extend to search content. Consequential amendments to the Online Safety Act 2023, plus technical fixes to other clauses (107) and Schedule 2, are included to give UK effect and correct references.
This Lords running list shows amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill at Third Reading, including a new clause by Lord Hanson of Flint to require online providers to take down intimate image content within 48 hours after a report and to amend the Online Safety Act 2023 accordingly (with reporting, expedited complaints, and related consequential changes). It also includes amendments to Clause 107 regarding sexual offences references, provisions to extend UK jurisdiction for the new clauses, and a correction in Schedule 2 changing ‘extension’ to ‘closure’.
