Lord Kennedy of Southwark – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Kennedy of Southwark on 2015-12-03.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to strengthen legislation in order to prevent cyber bullying.

Lord Faulks

Legislation that can be used to prosecute cyber-bullying related offences includes the Protection from Harassment Act 1997; the Public Order Act 1986; the Malicious Communications Act 1988; and the Communications Act 2003. The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 made changes to the relevant offences in these last two Acts which will help to ensure that people who commit them are prosecuted and properly punished.

The Government believes that this is sufficient and therefore does not intend to introduced specific additional legislation to address the issue of cyberbullying.