Alicia Kearns MP has been working on amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill over the past few months to deliver better protections for women and girls.
Alicia's amendment to ban non-fatal strangulation in porn was voted against by the Government, however the next day Ministers recognised this law change is needed and announced it will bring forward legislation to ban it.
Alicia Kearns, Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford, said:
"Non-fatal strangulation is one of the clearest red flags for escalating violence. A tactic of control, humiliation, and terror.
"It is also the second most common way women are murdered in our country. Its glorification has no place on our screens, nor our schools or society.
"That's why, yesterday (18 June), for the second time Conservative MPs tabled an amendment to outlaw the depiction of non-fatal strangulation in extreme pornography. It was a straightforward, targeted change, but Labour blocked it.
"Now, following that vote to quell growing outrage, the Government has announced they'll lay amendments erasing the role of Conservative MPs who have campaigned on this for months.
"Whilst I welcome them recognising this amendment is needed, it is disappointing Labour chose partisan politics over working cross party and supporting an amendment to protect women and girls."
