Baroness Howe of Idlicote
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Lord Taylor of Holbeach
This is part of a fuller education strategy in sexual health and education involving both young men and girls, which I hope is being practised by schools across the country.
Baroness Howe of Idlicote
My Lords, will the Government reassure us that they will be paying particular attention to the use by stalkers of the internet, where the stalker can reinvent themselves as a victim and cause even greater misery and upset to the entire families of those being persecuted in this way?
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
The noble Baroness is also a member of the justice unions group, and I am grateful for the work that that group did. Cyber offences are explicitly included in the new offences and are designed to recognise that stalking can take many different forms. It is a form of harassment that this Government will not tolerate.