Images (Non-consensual Recording and Distribution) Bill

Commons bill Private Members' Bill (Presentation) 2025-26

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Second reading · Commons
Sponsor
Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat)
Introduced
10 February 2026
Last activity
10 February 2026
About this bill

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.

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Commons
First reading 10 Feb 2026
Second reading
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