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How would you vote to approve or disapprove the following law on prostitution?
Regis Magnae
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Procuring sex for payment
(1)A person commits an offence under this section if he or she procures sexual
intercourse or any other sexual act, whether for himself or for another person, in return for payment.
(2)A “payment” includes—
(a)payment that is promised or is given or promised by another person; and
(b)provision of non-financial benefits, including, but not limited to, drugs or
alcohol.
The above amendment to the Modern Slavery Bill shall be voted on by MPs this Tuesday.
How would you vote to approve or disapprove the follwoing law on prostitution? 45 votes
Aye
17%
8 votes
No
80%
36 votes
Abstain
2%
1 vote
0
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This whole thing is preposterous and yet another step backward for the sex industry.
It's 2014. I don't just see why it's not all legalised and regulated
And it is a little ambiguous, I mean if you go out for the evening with someone and they buy you a bottle of wine and you have a one night stand are you guilty of prostitution ?
Or marry them. "provision of non-financial benefits" could pretty much cover all of the marriage vows.
Stupid law. They should be going after pimps not punters
From the above, the following MPs proposed and backed the amendment.
Just out of curiosity I checked some of the names on this list as some of them sounded familiar. The bold ones are on the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, and the ones with an X next to them proposed amendments to water down the gay marriage laws last year. The ones with a P next to them are on the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/pro-life.htm
Last meeting 16 July 2013, and receives "£250 per calendar month from Christian Action Research and Education (CARE)."
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0003/amend/pbc003170513m.pdf
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showpost.php?p=65973924&postcount=336
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/register/prostitution-and-the-global-sex-trade.htm .
Well that's it then, the minute you put the ring on you are a fully fledged tart:D
lets hope MP's will
Thanks, that's interesting to see. Sad to see my MP up there but he's a reactionary DUP boor so it snot as if it's a surprise. Outrageously, Northern Ireland passed something very similar to this into our law just a couple of weeks ago. It's horrendous.
This would in someways reflect the Nordic model. Note, however, the police could probably still arrest prostitutes with numerous other laws.
... and people think we're not in a religious country (or to be specific, a country whereby religion has a profound influence on politics).
Makes me laugh. And despair.
“Consultation on prostitution, sexual exploitation and trafficking
(1) The Secretary of State must initiate a statutory consultation on the introduction of
legislation prohibiting the procurement of sex for payment.
(2) The consultation in subsection (1) must seek to ascertain the degree to which the
prohibition of sex for payment would—
England and Wales;
purposes of sexual exploitation.
in England and Wales;
of Chief Police Officers; and
Parliament within six months of the date of Royal Assent.”
So even if the first amendment is defeated new legislation may still be brought forward to ban procurement of sex for payment following a consultation if this clause is added.
How would you vote?
Of course it should. It is in many European countries. Would be far safer for the women.
Why muddle it all up with 1 sub section a) para this 'n that quotes etc?
Absolutely not.
You might have thought legalising prostitution might have been liberating but from the talking heads on the radio the feminists are talking about prostitution in itself is a men enslaving women deal. Once something is legalised and free to trade, the black market price of it goes away and so does the organised crime.
If that's what the law is intended to do, I'm in favour of it, though I see no reason why paying for sex itself should be illegal.
It should be legal and heavily regulated in terms of money, health and security.
That's why it's in the slavery bill.
Although it might mean I can't buy you a good time on your birthday.
Maybe it's not though, reading it again. I thought it was trying to protect against enforced prostitution, but it isn't very clear. Is the clause 100% accurate, or might it be out of context.
These stories in the media always seem to involve immigrants. It's been shown there is a problem tracking immigrant criminals more generally.