§ Mr. Fauldsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to amend the law, in the light of the deliberations of Lord Justice Scarman, Lord Justice Geoffrey Lane and Mr. Justice Donaldson in the case of Regina v. Whitehouse, to protect girls between 14 and 16 years of age from incest.
§ Mr. JohnWe have made this amendment. Under Section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, which came into force on 8th September last, it is an offence for a man to incite a girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse with him.