Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Sajid Javid Excerpts
Monday 14th November 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con)
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Of all the issues that the Home Secretary has to deal with, few are more harrowing than child sexual abuse. The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse recently reported that there were 8.8 million attempts to access such imagery online in the UK in a single month. May I ask my right hon. Friend whether the Online Safety Bill will include a provision for UK companies to report such content to the National Crime Agency? Will she work with her colleagues to bring forward the Bill this year?

Sarah Dines Portrait Miss Dines
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This issue is very close to my right hon. Friend’s heart and to mine. The Government are committed to tackling all forms of child sexual abuse to keep children safe at home, outside and online. There is a lot of good work being done by the NCA and GCHQ. In relation to timing, I am hopeful that we will have some news imminently.