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Debate between Charlie Elphicke and Stephen Mosley
Tuesday 11th November 2014

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Charlie Elphicke Portrait Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con)
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15. What progress he has made on reforming sentencing for people convicted for making threats on social media.

Stephen Mosley Portrait Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con)
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19. What steps he is taking to protect people who are threatened on social media.

Mike Penning Portrait The Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims (Mike Penning)
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The Government take seriously the offences on the statute book that cover threatening behaviour online, which includes abhorrent imagery that people do not want to see.

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