Home Affairs Committee Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/home-affairs-committee/ Since 1975, the English Collective of Prostitutes has been campaigning for the abolition of the prostitution laws which criminalize sex workers and our families, and for economic alternatives and higher benefits and wages. Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:58:45 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prostitutescollective.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/favicon-260-x-260-150x150.png Home Affairs Committee Archives - English Collective of Prostitutes https://prostitutescollective.net/tag/home-affairs-committee/ 32 32 The Guardian: Letter (unpublished) – why should Keith Vaz resign as head of the HAC just because he may have consorted with sex workers? https://prostitutescollective.net/guardian-letters-keith-vaz-resign-head-hac-just-may-consorted-sex-workers/ Fri, 09 Sep 2016 21:55:31 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=6780 Unpublished. 9 September 2016 Why should Keith Vaz resign as head of the Home Affairs Select Committee which is considering the prostitution laws just because he may have consorted with sex workers? (Vaz to leave committee after sex claims, Guardian 5 Sept 16) The laws that criminalised sex workers have almost always (with some exceptions) […]

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]]> The Mail: 100 per cent of our readers think prostitution should be decriminalised? https://prostitutescollective.net/the-mail-100-per-cent-of-our-readers-think-prostitution-should-be-decriminalised/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 20:54:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19574 PROSTITUTION laws should be urgently rewritten so sex workers are no longer criminalised for soliciting, a major new Commons report has argued. Evening Mail readers voted overwhelmingly in favour of it being decriminalisation. Brothel-keeping rules should also be adapted so prostitutes can share premises rather than placing themselves at risk by working alone, the Government […]

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]]> Home Affairs Select Committee Report (2016) https://prostitutescollective.net/home-affairs-select-committee-report-2016/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 16:52:41 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=14393 The ECP welcomed the Home Affairs Select Committee recommendation in 2016 that the law be changed ” “so that soliciting [a charge used against street-based sex workers] is no longer an offence and so that brothel-keeping provisions allow sex workers to share premises”. Crucially the Committee also calls for a law to delete “previous convictions and cautions […]

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]]> Decriminalise sex workers, says Home Affairs Committee https://prostitutescollective.net/decriminalise-sex-workers-says-home-affairs-committee/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:52:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19546 The Home Affairs Committee publishes an interim report on prostitution, saying that soliciting by sex workers, and sex workers sharing premises, should be decriminalised.Report: ProstitutionReport: Prostitution (PDF 1.10 MB)Inquiry: ProstitutionHome Affairs CommitteeHome Office should change legislationThe Committee says the Home Office should immediately change existing legislation so that soliciting is no longer an offence and brothel-keeping laws […]

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]]> BBC News: Soliciting by sex workers should not be a crime, MPs say https://prostitutescollective.net/bbc-news-soliciting-by-sex-workers-should-not-be-a-crime-mps-say/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 15:45:00 +0000 https://prostitutescollective.net/?p=19542 Soliciting by sex workers should no longer be a crime, the Commons Home Affairs Select committee says.The cross-party group of MPs is urging the government to make radical changes to the laws on prostitution in England and Wales.Brothel-keeping rules should also be modified so that prostitutes can share premises rather than risk working alone, the […]

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]]> Vice: At last! MPs are calling for sex workers to be decriminalised https://prostitutescollective.net/last-mps-calling-sex-workers-decriminalised/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 13:29:56 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4968 By Frankie MullinAt midnight last night, sex workers waited, fingers crossed, breath held, as the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) report into prostitution went online. There was reason for apprehension: the inquiry's initial terms of reference seemed geared towards recommending more criminalisation. During the inquiry itself, moral crusaders were given as much air time as […]

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]]> The Guardian: Decriminalisation of sex workers in England and Wales backed by MPs https://prostitutescollective.net/decriminalisation-sex-workers-england-wales-backed-mps/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:38:19 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4970 Nadia KhomamiHome affairs select committee wants law changed so sex workers are allowed to share premises while urging crackdown on those who exploit sex workersThe criminalisation of sex workers in England and Wales should come to an end, a cross-party committee of influential MPs has recommended.In an interim report published on Friday, the home affairs […]

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]]> Press Release: Decriminalisation of sex workers recommended by Home Affairs Committee https://prostitutescollective.net/decriminalisation-sex-workers-recommended-home-affairs-select-committee/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 04:52:43 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4964 1 July  2016 The English Collective of Prostitutes welcomes the report from the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) which recommends a change in the law “so that soliciting [a charge used against street-based sex workers] is no longer an offence and so that brothel-keeping provisions allow sex workers to share premises”. Crucially the Committee also […]

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]]> Action Alert: Home Affairs Select Committee Prostitution Inquiry https://prostitutescollective.net/home-affairs-select-committee-prostitution-inquiry/ Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:25:11 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4755 Urgent, respond to Home Affairs Committee biased inquiry on prostitution Deadline for submissions: midday on Thursday 18 February 2016 Dear Friends, As many of you will know, the Home Affairs Select Committee has launched an inquiry into prostitution. The remit of the inquiry is entirely biased as it aims to: “assess whether the balance in […]

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]]> Vice: Parliament’s new sex work inquiry looks like a witch hunt https://prostitutescollective.net/parliaments-new-sex-work-inquiry-looks-like-a-witch-hunt/ Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:01:51 +0000 http://prostitutescollective.net/?p=4708 By Frankie MullinOn Friday the 15th of January, the Home Affairs Committee, a cross-party group of MPs, announced that it will hold an inquiry into how sex work is treated in legislation. So far, so good. We badly need this. Ask most UK sex workers and they'll tell you the current law is dangerous and […]

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