This was a lords amendment on the Crime and Policing Bill. The Crime and Policing Bill is a wide-ranging measure aimed at cracking down on anti-social behaviour, weapons, sexual offences and other crimes, while expanding police powers and border controls. It also introduces a significant online-safety regime, including a rapid-removal duty for intimate image content and strengthened age checks for online pornography, alongside provisions on fly-tipping, vehicle seizure and other enforcement; it interacts with international security rules and devolved‑authority checks. The bill is currently being debated in the Commons after Lords amendments, with intensive cross‑party negotiation ongoing to determine the final shape of many provisions.
•- Online safety overhaul: a regime to remove intimate image content within 48 hours after a report, with reporting and expedited complaints processes, extending to search results, plus a new intimate image content regime with potential fines and a register; powers to shape these rules via secondary legislation (Online Safety Act 2023).
•- Strengthened age verification for online porn and other online-content safeguards: delegated powers to tighten age/consent verification for pornographic content and related enforcement mechanisms.
•- Child protection and exploitation: amendments aimed at clarifying offences linked to child sexual exploitation, including protections that ensure certain offences are not shielded by existing defence provisions in other Acts; measures to address youth injunctions and housing injunctions in line with the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
•- Policing and anti-social behaviour enforcement: provisions relating to neighbourhood policing, youth diversion, community safeguards, and penalties for persistent breaches; proposals on vehicle seizure in fly-tipping and related costs; adjustments to fixed-penalty notice regimes and related guidance for police and local authorities.
The House voted 293 to 159 to back a motion relating to Lords Amendments 2D and 2E to the Crime and Policing Bill. The amendments would require online services to report average removal times for non-consensual intimate images, publish the data publicly, provide clear notices about reporting and removal, and impose faster penalties for non-compliance. Two MPs rebelled against their party whip in this division.
Online-safety duties debatedTwo MPs rebelled against their party whipAmendments push for clearer reporting and noticesCommons- Lords provisions on tech safeguards
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Turnout by party
70%
Traditional Unionist Voice
1/1 (100%)
Democratic Unionist Party
4/5 (80%)
Green Party
4/5 (80%)
Conservative
88/114 (77%)
Liberal Democrat
54/72 (75%)
Plaid Cymru
3/4 (75%)
Labour (Co-op)
291/401 (73%)
Independent
5/13 (38%)
What happens next?
The Lords amendment result is sent back to the other House for consideration.
