Written evidence to be reported to the House

Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Photo of Edward Garnier Edward Garnier Shadow Minister (Justice) 4:30, 16 October 2007

May I again take you on to the street offences in clauses 71 to 73, which affect both of your associations? I suspect that we see a well motivated attempt to produce a more humane and contemporary approach to prostitution. Clearly, what we are not talking about is anything other than many women who are on the streets in order to feed a drug habit. In the olden days, you had a queue of prostitutes brought before the court and fined £5 one day and £5 the next. Out they would then go to earn that £5. You know the story. What are your views on the counselling sessions that the Government want to introduce to help with the problem?