The Guardian: Letters – Sticking up for sex workers draws mixed responses

Neville Southall’s compassionate, commonsense support for sex workers (‘I’ve got a bit of flak because I stick up for sex workers’, 5 June) is much needed at this time. He points out the absurdity of accusing someone of supporting trafficking because they “stick up for sex workers”. Shame so few politicians listen. The recent “pop-up brothel” inquiry by an all-party parliamentary group ignored evidence from current sex workers and recommended increased criminalisation using speculation and unsubstantiated data about trafficking as justification.