Crime: Internet
Margaret Moran MP: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance is given to the judiciary on the gravity of instances of online child abuse. [288880]
Jack Straw MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: In April 2007, the independent Sentencing Guidelines Council published a definitive guideline on the Sexual Offences Act 2003. This includes guidance to the judiciary on the offences of child prostitution, child pornography and 'Grooming'.
This and all other published guidelines can be viewed at www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk
Source: Hansard 9 September 2009: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090909/text/90909w0027.htm#0909102000045
