Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Pornography and its impact on violence against women and girls

Closed Opened 21 Apr 2022 Closed 14 Jul 2023

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 21 April 2022.

The committee has not published a report yet.

2 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
22 Jun 2022	Pornography and its impact on Violence against women and girls; Oral evidence Adam Baxter · Ofcom, Chris Philp MP · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Christian Papaleontiou · Home Office, Orla MacRae · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Rachel Maclean MP · Home Office, Sheryl Willson · Ofcom	View ↗
11 May 2022	The impact of pornography in violence against women and girls Gabriela De Oliveira · Glitch, Hannah Ruschen · NSPCC, Professor Clare McGlynn · Durham University, Vanessa Morse · CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation)	View ↗

10 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Adam Baxter · Director, Standards and Audience Protection Team	Ofcom	1
Chris Philp MP · Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	1
Christian Papaleontiou · Deputy Director of Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Unit	Home Office	1
Gabriela De Oliveira · Head of Policy Research Campaigns	Glitch	1
Hannah Ruschen · Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer	NSPCC	1
Orla MacRae · Deputy Director for Online Harms Regulation	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	1
Professor Clare McGlynn · Professor of Law	Durham University	1
Rachel Maclean MP · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Safeguarding)	Home Office	1
Sheryl Willson · Principal Public Policy Team	Ofcom	1
Vanessa Morse · CEO	CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation)	1

5 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
24 Oct 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence with the former Minister for Tech and Digital Economy regarding pornography and its impact on violence against women and girls, dated 13 June 2022
20 Oct 2022	To committee	Letter from the Professor of Law, Durham University, relating to Cyberflashing and the Online Safety Bill
20 Oct 2022	To committee	Letter from the Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, relating to the impact of pornography on women and girls and the implications for the Online Safety Bill
6 Jul 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence from the Law Commission relating to the Online Safety Bill and cyberflashing, dated 28 June 2022
27 Apr 2022	Not recorded	Correspondence to the Chair from the Children’s Commissioner for England relating to the Committee’s inquiry into Pornography and its impact on violence against women and girls.