- 14/04/2026
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
The Bill returned to the Commons on 14 April 2026 and Lords amendments 261 and 262 give effect to the Government’s commitment to criminalise the possession and publication of pornographic images that depict strangulation and suffocation. This is a key part of the violence against women and girls strategy and was also highlighted by Baroness Bertin’s independent pornography review.
To go further, Lords amendments 255, 256, 258 to 260 and 505 all looked to further tackle the proliferation of demeaning and degrading intimate images online. Intimate image abuse is completely unacceptable, and I am glad that amendment 255 will criminalise the making, adapting and supplying of nudification tools. This includes the use of artificial intelligence to create deepfake, non-consensual intimate images, and criminalises the developers making and supplying these tools.
As part of the Government’s aim to make all existing strands of hate crime an aggravated offence, I am pleased that it has commended Lords amendment 301. This amendment rightly extends the existing racially and religiously aggravated offences to cover hostility based on sex, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity.
To go further, Lords amendments 255, 256, 258 to 260 and 505 all looked to further tackle the proliferation of demeaning and degrading intimate images online. Intimate image abuse is completely unacceptable, and I am glad that amendment 255 will criminalise the making, adapting and supplying of nudification tools. This includes the use of artificial intelligence to create deepfake, non-consensual intimate images, and criminalises the developers making and supplying these tools.
As part of the Government’s aim to make all existing strands of hate crime an aggravated offence, I am pleased that it has commended Lords amendment 301. This amendment rightly extends the existing racially and religiously aggravated offences to cover hostility based on sex, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity.
These are the other amendments which were voted on . There were 8 in total.
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 Ayes 307, Noes 176
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 Ayes 291, Noes 174
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Ayes 300, Noes 101
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 Ayes 356, Noes 90
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 357 Ayes 278, Noes 73
The Commons has informed the Lords of our position. We wait to hear from the Lords if they send the amendments for further consideration in the Commons.