Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices) Debate
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Maria Miller
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Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices)
Maria Miller ExcerptsWednesday 15th May 2024
(6 months, 3 weeks ago)
Commons ChamberRead Full debate Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices) Bill 2023-24 Read Hansard Text Watch Debate Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
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Dame Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con)
I rise to follow the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Apsana Begum). I understand the point she makes, but we would of course want to ensure that people listening to the debate are aware that there are two days of debate on the Bill—this week and next week—which I hope will afford some of the scrutiny that she is rightly calling for. I gently suggest to those on the Treasury Bench that they may want to hold one-to-one meetings with those of us who are interested in a number of the areas on which the Government have now tabled amendments, just a couple of days before this important Report stage, so that we can get a proper understanding of what they are trying to do. It would perhaps have been prudent to do so before Report.
Question put and agreed to.