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 result
Motion passed
Margin: 233
294
61
Aye (83%)No (17%)
355 of 650 eligible MPs voted (55% turnout)
How each party voted
Labour (Co-op)
Voted for
291 aye0 no110 absent
Independent
Voted for
1 aye0 no12 absent
Liberal Democrat
Voted against
0 aye53 no17 absent
Green Party
Voted against
0 aye4 no1 absent
Plaid Cymru
Voted against
0 aye3 no1 absent
Conservative
Voted against
0 aye1 no115 absent
Who rebelled?
No MPs voted against their party on this division.
Why it matters
The House of Commons voted 294 to 61 to approve Lords Reason 342B and amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill. The amendments would require online platforms to record and publish the average removal time for non-consensual intimate images, to display clear notices about reporting and removal processes, and to introduce penalties aimed at speeding up takedowns. This move strengthens online-safety provisions and enhances transparency, with OFCOM oversight expected.
Public reporting of platform removal times urgedFines to speed up content removal consideredClear notices about reporting/removal required on platformsPart of broader online-safety reform
AI-generated context — may contain errors.
Turnout by party
55%
Green Party
4/5 (80%)
Liberal Democrat
53/70 (76%)
Plaid Cymru
3/4 (75%)
Labour (Co-op)
291/401 (73%)
Independent
1/13 (8%)
Conservative
1/116 (1%)
Social Democratic & Labour Party
0/2 (0%)
Ulster Unionist Party
0/1 (0%)
What happens next?
The Lords amendment result is sent back to the other House for consideration.
