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» Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Prostitution

Asked about the Government’s recent proposals on prostitution, the PMOS said the Prime Minister fully supported the measures which had been proposed today. Fiona MacTaggart had done a very good job of explaining the Government’s approach to this issue. Asked how legalising brothels fitted with the ‘Respect’ agenda, the PMOS said that we were not legalising brothels. The decision to allow 2 women to share the same premises for prostitution had been taken, as Fiona MacTaggart had said, for safety reasons. However if prostitutes were accused of being nuisance neighbours they would be treated no differently from anyone else.

Put to him that allowing 2 prostitutes to work together was the same as legalising brothels, the PMOS said that the Government did not believe that prostitution was in some way inevitable or accepted. However you did have to deal with the reality that, despite the Government’s attitude, people still engaged in this activity and there were dangers associated with that. We had to take action to protect these women and that was why we were taking the approach we were. That should not be translated into approval, it was not. Questioned further about the precise configuration of such brothels, the PMOS gratefully referred journalists to the Home Office.

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