In any discussion that takes place these days about prostitution and other forms of sex work it’s virtually guaranteed that at some point in the debate either the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) or the International Union of Sex Workers (IUSW), or indeed both, will be cited by someone as being the authentic voice of

Yes, certainly, those reports about the numbers trafficked into the sex trade were rubbish. Objections to neutralised prostitution should not be discarded merely because Pentameter Two convicted nobody of trafficking. But, you see, the major objection to neutralised prostitution was that there was such sex slavery. If those engaged are consenting adults then what reason can there

Sex is a multibillion dollar business world-wide, and prostitution is an important component of this sector. In the UK the supply and demand side of the act of soliciting is illegal. Make it legal and acceptable once again and it can be taxed, providing valuable funds to our indebted government, and made safe, not only

Jacqui Smith cannot ban prostitution because there will always be a demand for sex by men who are prepared to pay for it. Equally there are women who are prepared to have sex and be paid for it.

The Home Secretary has announced plans to criminalise the paying for sex to prostitutes who are controlled by pimps. And anyone knowingly paying illegally trafficked women for sex could face rape charges. This is part of the government's drive to clamp down on prostitution by targeting their clients, rather than the women themselves (whom the government considers to be victims). I do think it...

"In my book, once round the block is once too many" . According to ePolitix,: Men who pay for sex with women who have been forced into prostitution will be targeted under plans announced by home secretary Jacqui Smith. The government's crackdown on prostitution will see men who use prostitutes controlled by a pimp or trafficked into the country face criminal charges. Claiming ignorance of whe...

Moves to tackle trafficking and prostitution may be well intentioned but is there a whiff of a moral crusade linking radical feminism and conservative judgementalism? When - on Wednesday, 19 November, Jacqui Smith, Home Secretary, announced plans to tackle prostitution they included a raft of measures focusing on the men that pay for sex. The introduction of a specific strict liability offence of ...

Men who pay for sex with women who have been forced into prostitution will be targeted under plans announced by home secretary Jacqui Smith.

Fiona Mactaggart was pulled up on the Today programme this morning for claiming that 80 per cent of prostitutes are victims of sex trafficking. The former Home Office minister stuck to her guns, saying that the stat came from an official Government publication into prostitution and the sex trade. Trouble is, the document she referred to doesn't use the 80 per cent figure at all.

Harriet Harman is to step up her bid to criminalise the purchase of sex following the release of new figures surrounding public perceptions of prostitution.