FadeTheButcher
07-16-2004, 07:56 AM
Jul 16 2004
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/tm_objectid=14431723&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=revamp-of-prostitution-laws-planned-name_page.html
Radical proposals to overhaul the law on prostitution are to be unveiled by Home Secretary David Blunkett.
The highly controversial option of decriminalising brothels was expected to be put forward in a major new consultation document.
In an exclusive article for PA News, Mr Blunkett hinted that brothels disguised as "legitimate" businesses such as massage parlours will no longer be tolerated.
"There is a growing trade in selling sexual services in premises licensed for other activity, including massage and also video and film," wrote the Home Secretary.
"Prostitution must not be concealed behind the façade of legitimate business."
He admitted that existing laws were "outdated, confusing and ineffective".
Licensed brothels were expected to be one option put forward in the document as a way of cleaning up the sex industry.
Ministers were also expected to ask for views on whether the government should go ahead with "tolerance zones" for street prostitution.
Some experts believe the zones could be set up in non-residential areas to keep "street walking" call girls and their clients away from passers-by.
The paper was expected to propose toughening the law against pimps, brothel keepers and clients. But at the same time it was likely to propose new moves to help sex workers escape the industry - particularly by trying to sever the links between prostitution and organised crime.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600uk/tm_objectid=14431723&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=revamp-of-prostitution-laws-planned-name_page.html
Radical proposals to overhaul the law on prostitution are to be unveiled by Home Secretary David Blunkett.
The highly controversial option of decriminalising brothels was expected to be put forward in a major new consultation document.
In an exclusive article for PA News, Mr Blunkett hinted that brothels disguised as "legitimate" businesses such as massage parlours will no longer be tolerated.
"There is a growing trade in selling sexual services in premises licensed for other activity, including massage and also video and film," wrote the Home Secretary.
"Prostitution must not be concealed behind the façade of legitimate business."
He admitted that existing laws were "outdated, confusing and ineffective".
Licensed brothels were expected to be one option put forward in the document as a way of cleaning up the sex industry.
Ministers were also expected to ask for views on whether the government should go ahead with "tolerance zones" for street prostitution.
Some experts believe the zones could be set up in non-residential areas to keep "street walking" call girls and their clients away from passers-by.
The paper was expected to propose toughening the law against pimps, brothel keepers and clients. But at the same time it was likely to propose new moves to help sex workers escape the industry - particularly by trying to sever the links between prostitution and organised crime.