Images (Non-consensual Recording and Distribution) Bill 2024-26
create offences relating to the non-consensual recording of images of a person and the online distribution of such images for profit with the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification or of causing humiliation or distress to that person; and for connected purposes.
Private Members' Bill (Presentation Bill)
The Images (Non-consensual Recording and Distribution) Bill is a Presentation Bill tabled by Wera Hobhouse.
Is this Bill currently before Parliament?Yes. This Bill was introduced on 10 February 2026 and is currently before Parliament.
Whose idea is this Bill?As a Private Members' Bill, this Bill represents the individual initiative of an MP (Wera Hobhouse), not the Government.
What type of Bill is this?A Presentation Bill can be tabled by any MP after the fifth Wednesday of the Session. There is no limit to the number of Presentation Bills an individual MP may table.
So is this going to become a law?Presentation Bills are extremely unlikely to become law. Unless the Bill receives unanimous support from MPs and can pass 2nd Reading in the Commons without debate, it will not proceed further in the Bill process.
Would you like to know more?See these Glossary articles for more information: Presentation Bill, Private Members Bill, Process of a Bill
Next Event: Friday 27th February 2026 - 2nd reading
Last Event: Tuesday 10th February 2026 - 1st reading (Commons)
Bill Progession through Parliament