§ Lord Jenkins of Putneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether there is any evidence that crime among young people is related to pornography.
§ Lord EltonThe Williams Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship concluded that the research evidence then available did not establish conclusively a causal relationship between pornography and violent sexual crime. There is no evidence at present available to suggest such a relationship in respect of crime in general among young people. Concern, however, has been expressed, in the light of practical experience in the courts about the effect of pornography in stimulating the acting out of fantasies with added elements of violence. We shall keep a careful watch on the implications of further research in this field.