§ Vera BairdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce legislation based on the recommendations in the sexual offences review report, "Setting the Boundaries". [23351]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThe Government are concerned that the law should provide clear and coherent sex offences which protect individuals, especially children and the more vulnerable, from abuse and exploitation.
The recommendations of the sex offences review to Government on reforming the law on sex offences were published in "Setting the Boundaries" in July 2000. We are currently analysing more than 700 responses received during the consultation period, which closed on 1 March 2001, and are considering how to change existing sex offences, in the light of the recommendations and the responses to the consultation exercise. We will be bringing forward legislation when parliamentary time allows.