I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, and I thank her for her written communications regarding Angela Stevens, the mother of Brett, who tragically took his own life having been coerced by some of these vile online sites. The Law Commission considered harmful online communications as part of the Bill’s preparation, and one of its recommendations is to introduce a new offence of encouraging or assisting self-harm. I strongly urge my right hon. Friend to adopt that recommendation. Can she say more on that?
Online Safety Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jonathan Gullis
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 19 April 2022.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Online Safety Bill.
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