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Prostitution And The Criminal Law

EDM number 523 in 2008-09, proposed by Lynne Jones on 20/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Sexual offences.

That this House considers that the measures in relation to prostitution contained in the Policing and Crime Bill, though well-intentioned, are deeply flawed; believes that there is no justification for involving the criminal law in consensual transactions that cause no public nuisance; notes the opposition to the proposals from the Royal College of Nursing and other members of the Safety First Coalition, who call for an end to the criminalisation of prostitution, which they consider makes sex workers more vulnerable to attack; further notes that police evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee has cast doubts on the enforceability of the proposals on paying for the sexual services of a prostitute controlled for gain and therefore opposes these provisions in the Bill; and calls on the Government to make more effective use of existing laws against trafficking and sexual exploitation and to enlist the support of purchasers of sexual services to help expose those establishments that use trafficked women.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones20/01/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Evan Harris20/01/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Fisher20/01/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSeconded
Philip Davies21/01/2009ShipleyConservativeSeconded
Andrew George21/01/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Brian Iddon21/01/2009Bolton South EastLabourSeconded
Greg Pope21/01/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Alan Simpson21/01/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Holmes21/01/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson21/01/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Nick Harvey22/01/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis22/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Harry Cohen26/01/2009Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/01/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Bill Etherington26/01/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/01/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock26/01/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price27/01/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Jenkins27/01/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Desmond Turner27/01/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned

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