§ 22. Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will include in legislation a measure to make rape within marriage illegal.
§ Mr. JackThe House of Lords confirmed in October 1991, in the case of R v. R, that a husband can be convicted under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 for the rape of his wife. In January 1992, the Law Commission published a report proposing that this position should be consolidated and amplifed in new legislation. Its recommendations are being carefully considered.