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RightsNotWrongs

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Criminalisation in Scotland
« on: 28 April 2011, 04:03:13 pm »
Good afternoon all.

It was confirmed to us at Scot-PEP last week, by one of the leading abolitionists, that the intention to press ahead with the criminalisation of the purchase and sale of sex will continue in the new Parliament. With Ms. Godman?s retiral, it is not clear who will take that job on. However, we were told that it will be someone experienced and that ?it? (presumably the criminalisation) ?should not be a problem?.

So? it won?t be a problem, yeah? We at Scot-PEP think differently, indeed we intend to make it as much of a problem as we possibly can, just as we did last year when they tried the same nonsense. However, in order to do so, we need your help. We are an entirely voluntary organisation, dependent on the energies and time of committed individuals.

The debate in the coming months will be about you, whether client or worker. It will be about your lifestyle and your means of support. We need you to help YOU prevail.

RightsNotWrongs

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Re: Criminalisation in Scotland
« Reply #1 on: 19 May 2011, 04:27:40 pm »
Got the results of a FOI Request made to the Scottish Government. It shows all repsonses made to Trish Godman's recent "consultation". I don't think I can post the file on here, but email me if you would like to see them.

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Re: Criminalisation in Scotland
« Reply #2 on: 21 May 2011, 11:02:27 am »
You should be able to attach the file to a post if you click on "additional options". If you have trouble with that please email me the file and I'll upload it.

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Re: Criminalisation in Scotland
« Reply #3 on: 02 June 2011, 01:57:09 am »
I'm slightly troubled to learn that Christine Grahame (one of the very few Nationalist MSPs who supported Godman's proposals in the last session) is the new chair of the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee.  OK, she only has one vote on the committee, and even in combination with the two Labour members that's only three votes out of nine, but as chair there's a danger she'll have disproportionate influence.

In a way I have mixed feelings about it, because she's been a tireless campaigner over the years for the truth over Lockerbie to come out, but on the subject of this thread it's clearly a negative development.