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2007-08
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Criminalising Prostitution And Action Against Trafficking For Sexual Exploitation
Diane Abbott
2008-01-07
That this House is concerned by recent comments made by Ministers and former Ministers regarding prostitution in the UK; notes that calls to ban prostitution in order to prevent trafficking for sexual exploitation appear to be ill thought-out; understands that Government raids on prostitution establishments as part of Operation Pentameter have not found a vast number of trafficked workers but rather that women working in such establishments are more likely to be made vulnerable by debts incurred during migration, or by poverty that drives them into sex work; further notes that women who are recognised as victims of trafficking are given few rights to protection or residency under current legislation; and calls on the Government to rethink its approach to prostitution by focusing on protecting women from exploitation and by offering suitable alternatives to prostitution for those who wish to leave it.
Crime
Human rights
Sexual offences
Diane Abbott
2008-01-07
Proposed
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Labour
Andrew Dismore
2008-01-08
Seconded
Hendon
Labour
Alan Meale
2008-01-08
Seconded
Mansfield
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2008-01-08
Seconded
Worthing West
Conservative
Brian Iddon
2008-01-08
Seconded
Bolton South East
Labour
Glenda Jackson
2008-01-08
Seconded
Hampstead and Highgate
Labour
Lynne Jones
2008-01-08
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Ann Cryer
2008-01-08
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Jim Sheridan
2008-01-09
Signed
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Labour
Jeremy Corbyn
2008-01-09
Signed
Islington North
Labour
David Borrow
2008-01-09
Signed
South Ribble
Labour
Vincent Cable
2008-01-10
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Derek Conway
2008-01-10
Signed
Old Bexley & Sidcup
Conservative
Kelvin Hopkins
2008-01-10
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Alasdair McDonnell
2008-01-14
Signed
Belfast South
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Neil Gerrard
2008-01-14
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
John McDonnell
2008-01-15
Signed
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Robert Wareing
2008-01-15
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Independent
Richard Younger-Ross
2008-01-15
Signed
Teignbridge
Liberal Democrat
Virendra Sharma
2008-01-15
Signed
Ealing, Southall
Labour
Roger Williams
2008-01-21
Signed
Brecon and Radnorshire
Liberal Democrat
Jo Swinson
2008-01-22
Signed
East Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat
Linda Riordan
2008-01-22
Signed
Halifax
Labour
Mohammad Sarwar
2008-05-19
Signed
Glasgow Central
Labour