A Bill to create offences relating to the non-consensual recording of images of a person and the online distribution of such images for profit with the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification or of causing humiliation or distress to that person; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
Wera HobhouseLiberal Democrat
26 February 2026
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This bill would make it a crime to secretly record someone’s image without their consent and to share those images online to make money or to cause sexual gratification, humiliation or distress. It is aimed at protecting people from having private or intimate images captured or distributed without consent and from online exploitation.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the Commons (29 May 2026), indicating it is in the early stages of passage.
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The next stage for this Bill, Second reading, is scheduled to take place on Friday 29 May 2026, although the House of Commons is not expected to be sitting on that date.
This is a Private Members' Bill and was presented to Parliament on Tuesday 10 February 2026.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
