...They're a bit of gesture politics, really.

...but as this law is in place as close as Northern Ireland, and as the Scottish government is currently pushing to bring it to Scotland, we can't afford to just sit back, IMO.

...but as this law is in place as close as Northern Ireland, and as the Scottish government is currently pushing to bring it to Scotland, we can't afford to just sit back, IMO.

I'm absolutely not saying the fight against the dangerous bit of gesture politics that's criminalising clients isn't important, but that this particular bill isn't going anywhere.

Using it as an opportunity to do some lobbying, great.

The two speeches are here: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-12-09/debates/87394231-D941-4EC4-A744-52643AB26E5C/SexualExploitation

The two speeches are here: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-12-09/debates/87394231-D941-4EC4-A744-52643AB26E5C/SexualExploitation

Thank you

Would this bill also be about removing advertising of escort / adult sites such as AW & Viva st like they did in the USA
Or is it mainly the Nordic model

It's designed to be both, this is what Diana Johnson has said about it;

"My Sexual Exploitation Bill would deter demand by criminalising paying for sex. It would prevent pimping websites from fuelling trafficking by prohibiting enabling or profiting from another person’s prostitution. Crucially, my bill would also decriminalise victims of sexual exploitation by removing sanctions for soliciting, and instead give victims the support services they need to rebuild their lives."

So criminalising buying, preventing websites from 'enabling' another persons prostitution, removing sanctions from soliciting (good, but not sure if that means actually decriminalising it & no mention of removing or amending brothel laws so we could work together) & presumably teaching us how to use a sewing machine so we can learn our place and do 'good' work since they consider us all to be victims .

Anyway, xw5 knows what he's talking about so hopefully it'll come to nothing but it doesn't hurt to fight back against the disinformation.

Thank you Cass
I’ve been reading up on 10min bills and 99 percent of them go nowhere as Ian mentioned
And most MPs use as a way of of gaining publicity for there causes
Glad that one MP spoke against it as well -

Is there a place to check what each particular MP has voted?

Voting records are usually on theyworkforyou.com, and people can also find their MP on there with the postcode search .

There is, as Amy said, but there wasn't a vote at this stage.

If you look at the page on the debate linked to earlier, "Question put and agreed to" is Parliamentary speak for 'not enough people objected to bother having a vote'. That doesn't mean a vast majority were in favour, so much as there being people not wanting to go on record as opposing this - one of the reasons that Lyn Brown deserves applause for being the person who spoke against it - and knowing that it's extremely unlikely to be going anywhere anyway.

Ahh got it, thank you! I was trying to look for what did I do wrong since I wasn't able to find what my MP had voted. I guess it makes sense, no one wants to oppose a "sexual exploitation" bill without giving it a read at least.