I also welcome our French dignitary and say, Vive la France ce soir et vive le Chemin de St. Jacques en France, I would say, à titre personnel.

I do not think I was the only one in this House who was very shocked and upset by the news of the murder of Ann Widdecombe last Friday. I did not know her well but I did know her personally and met her on a few occasions. She visited these Houses back in 2015 when she was a guest of the Oireachtas human dignity group. The Deputy Leader's former colleague Senator Jim Walsh was here to meet her alongside me. She was in Ireland to speak at the annual dinner for pro-life education at the time. She was a woman of great conviction. Those who knew her would say that whether you agreed or disagreed with Ann, knowing her you found her to be very honest, forthright, matter of fact, humble and fun. The fun side of her personality certainly came out during her participation in "Strictly Come Dancing". I think she had the humility to see that even if on occasions she could be seen as cutting a slightly absurd figure, she used that to generate affection and attention for the points of view she held a deep conviction for. I am one of the many people who admired her courageous championing of human dignity at the very beginning of life in her defence of the unborn.

Like her friend Sir David Amess MP, who was murdered a few short years ago, she was also a convinced advocate for animal welfare. There was much to admire in Ann Widdecombe even if many of us here would not be on the same page as her on Brexit-related matters and so on. Just to let colleagues know, there will be a mass for her tomorrow for those who would like to attend in St. Teresa's in Clarendon Street at 12.45 p.m. It is time for us all to reflect on the risks people in public life face, not just during their parliamentary careers but afterwards as well. Let us hope for a more secure and safer society for us all where people can express their ideas in a forthright and honest way and not be harmed for that.

I also welcome, as did Senator Rabbitte, the announcement by the Government that it proposes to criminalise extreme and violent pornography. I thank Senator Rabbitte for being so strongly supportive of my own Private Members' Bill last week, which proposed making it a criminal offence not to have strict age verification to prevent young people being able to access pornography. This Bill, I think, is the opportunity for the Government to recognise that it is not just extreme or violent pornography that is the problem. In fact, it is very hard to know at what point pornography becomes violent and extreme, for the very reason that many of those who are caught up in it have come from backgrounds of disability, poverty and sometimes sexual abuse. Nobody really freely enters the world of pornography. I will table amendments to urge the Government that not only should we have the criminalisation of extreme and violent pornography, but we really must close off the possibility for pornographers to make their content available to persons under the age of 18. This will be our opportunity to do it. There will be arguments about privacy and about the EU's jurisdiction but strong, clear criminal law in this country will send out the message that will, I hope, help us to build a better future.