§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Prime Minister what inter-departmental committees are considering pornography; what are their terms of reference; and if he will make a statement. [16799]
§ The Prime MinisterI share my hon. Friend's concern about pornography, and as part of the on-going monitoring and review of controls in this area the Government have established an inter-departmental working group on obscenity. The group will monitor developments in the area of obscenity, with particular reference to emerging trends in child and computer pornography, and will identify any actual or potential difficulties in enforcement or weakness in the relevant law and consider possible ways of overcoming them.