It’s no surprise that prostitution policy is an area rarely visited by our legislators. It’s politically charged – a place where the need to prevent exploitation seemingly clashes head on with notions of liberal freedom; where there are few simple answers, a disputed evidence base, and no votes.
There’s also little evidence to suggest that MPs are different from the rest of the population – where one-in-ten men have purchased sex. It is little wonder therefore that our report on how the law should change, published in 2014, was the first major cross-party intervention on the subject in twenty years.
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