** Notice: Extreme Pornography Consultation **

[BGAFD Admin]

Subject Header: Home Office / Scottish Executive Consultation on the Possession of Extreme Pornographic Material

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Dear Sir / Madam,

The Scottish Executive and the Home Office are currently consulting the public about whether the possession of extreme pornographic material should be illegal and we would be grateful for your views.

The consultation document is available online at: .

If you are a member of a group or club which might have views on this issue, please pass this email link to them or post it on your website. We can also send a paper copy of the consultation document if you prefer.

The consultation period will last until Friday 2 December. You can send your views to the Scottish Executive by:

* using the online response form:

* emailing the attached response form to: extremepornography@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

* faxing the attached response to: 0131 244 2623

* or by sending the attached response form to:

Ronnie Fraser
Extreme Pornography Consultation
Criminal Justice Division
Scottish Executive
1WR St Andrew's House
Regent's Road
Edinburgh, EH1 3DG

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We will pass any responses from UK groups to the Home Office. If you respond as an individual, you can also send your response to the Home Office at the contacts below, or you can ask us to pass on your response to the Home Office if you prefer.

Consultation on Possession of Extreme Pornography
Criminal Law Policy Unit
2nd Floor
Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London, SW1P 4DF

Tel: 020 7035 6981
Fax: 0870 336 9141
Email: CLPUconsultations@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

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We would be grateful if you could clearly indicate in your response which parts of the report you are responding to as this will aid our analysis of the responses received. We also need to know how you wish your response to be handled. Please complete and return the Respondent Information Form which forms part of the consultation response form as this will ensure that we treat your response appropriately.

We will make all responses available to the public in the Scottish Executive library and on the Scottish Executive consultation web pages by 6 January 2006 unless confidentiality is requested in the Respondent Information Form. All responses not marked confidential will be checked for any potentially defamatory remarks before being lodged in the library or placed on the website. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the Scottish Executive library on 0131 244 4552. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

If you have any queries about this consultation, please contact Ronnie Fraser (ronnie.fraser@scotland.gsi.gov.uk) or myself.

We look forward to receiving your response.


Yours faithfully

Susie Gledhill

Criminal Justice Division
Scottish Executive
St Andrew's House
Regent's Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

Tel: 0131 244 3348