In Depth:  Nicola Laver, The Times

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told a committee of MPs he supports stricter curbs on extreme porn, two years after dropping legislation that would have introduced significant restrictions.

The Commons Liaison Committee put to him that the ease of access to extreme, violent and degrading pornography underpins male violence against women. He conceded that ‘people are coarsened and degraded by this stuff ’. Johnson acknowledged that this included the need to protect children from online extreme violent pornography.