Sex Workers Parliament and Criminalisation – Corbyn supports decriminalisation
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn believes the ‘sex industry’ should be decriminalised. Talking to students in London 3 March 2016, he revealed how he wanted a society “where we don’t automatically criminalise people”.
His comments were criticised by ex-Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman who said prostitution was “exploitation and abuse” not “an industry”.
Amnesty International delegates have voted August 11, 2015, to support a policy that calls for decriminalization of the sex trade.
The English Collective of Prostitutes and the US PROStitutes Collective welcomed the move saying it’s rooted in “respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of sex workers”.
Westminster:
In March 2014, Sex workers from across the UK and rest of Europe crammed into a select committee room in the House of Commons to argue against plans to change prostitution laws that would criminalise clients.
The parliamentary meeting was hosted by Labour MP John McDonnell and organised by the English Collective of Prostitutes and the People’s Parliament.
Opinion Poll
On the day of the meeting an opinion poll revealed that over half the UK public opposed criminalisation of prostitution. Conducted by GfK for the Campaign for Radical Sociology, the poll also found that only three in ten nationwide were in favour. In London it was only one in four
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- John McDonnell Labour MP
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- Sex worker from France
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Selling sex in the UK is not illegal, it is a pity that you cannot even get basic facts right in this short article on a very important topic.
The article is not incorrect. It talks about criminalisation, I.e the way sex workers suffer due to laws regarding loitering, solicitation and brothel keeping, resulting in ASBOs or worse. Illegal and criminalised are two very different things.
We, prostitutes, are workers.