Clause 13
Policing and Crime Bill
1:30 pm
Sally Keeble (Northampton North, Labour)
In my constituency there have been a number of incidents of trafficked women—or of women whose route into prostitution and into the UK was blurred. Does the hon. Gentleman accept that if he defines this too closely, particularly regarding trafficked women, he could exclude a number of women whose activity is controlled? They may have entered into prostitution by another route; they may have come in for servitude, or as unaccompanied minors, or thinking that they are going to work in a massage parlour—that was a notorious case in my constituency. Therefore, it is important that the definition be left reasonably wide in order to catch the issue of controlling a woman for gain.