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“Edinburgh to serve ban orders on prostitutes: Anti-social orders will be used within the next few weeks to drive prostitutes from the capital’s streets. Council officials today revealed they have spent months gathering evidence against a string of vice girls who have been repeatedly operating in and around the Leith Links area. . .” Evening News
“Vice girls face court orders to move out”Herald 27.2.04.
“Zones ‘will not solve city vice girls problem’: Tolerance zones for prostitutes are not the answer to the problem of vice girls, a report claimed today. Glasgow City Council welcomed the research conducted in four countries, which also claimed legalising prostitution wouldn’t cut human trafficking. City leaders said the report backed up their case for opposing an MSP’s Bill to give councils the power to create official prostitution zones in Scotland . . .” Evening Times
See also
Prostitution Tolerance Zones (Scotland) Bill and associated papers.
Posted by MM on Thu 19th Feb 2004 at 10:23 pm
To ask the Scottish Executive how the work of the expert group on prostitution is being progressed and how it will ensure that the full range of views on this issue will be considered.
Johann Lamont (Glasgow Pollok) (Lab)
(WQ 10.2.04)
“Hookers haunt oil capital: Daily Record
“?10..in a minute it was in the hands of heroin dealers”Daily Record
“All I’ve got is arthiritis” Daily Record
“Wheels” Daily Record
“Hostel is a front for the drag’s biggest drug suppliers: Daily Record
“Cities:[. . .] Do we sweep it under the carpet and pretend it will go away? . . .“ Daily Record
“Should we sweep this sleaze under the carpet? Zones won’t solve the issue: Glasgow has commissioned an international report on tackling the problem of prostitution. . .“Daily Record
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“Crime expos鳠spark death threats: “Several main players are obviously throwing their weight around and we take specific death threats made to newspaper staff very seriously indeed.” Strathclyde Police officer. . .” Scotsman
“Police call for curbs on Edinburgh sex trade: Police have called for a clampdown on Edinburgh’s sex trade after finding people living permanently in the city’s network of saunas and massage parlours. . .” Herald
Posted by MM on Tue 10th Feb 2004 at 2:36 pmUpdate
“Kirk back hooker bid” Daily Record. 5.2.04.
“Kirk leaders back vice-girl tolerance zones: Kirk ministers and elders in the Capital have voted in favour of tolerance zones for prostitutes. . .” Evening News
“Prostitute tolerance zone bill could get backing of Kirk: Attempts to introduce prostitute tolerance zones throughout Scotland’s cities could receive a huge boost. The Edinburgh Presbytery of the Church of Scotland is voting on whether to support a bill going through the Scottish Parliament to create the areas. The Catholic Church says it is completely opposed to the move but the Kirk looks set to give the bill its blessing. . .” Scottish TV
Following posted on 3.2.04 at 7.41am.
“Kirk ministers to back prostitute zones plan: Kirk ministers will be urged tonight to give their blessing to tolerance zones for prostitutes. The call to back proposed legislation allowing councils to designate areas where soliciting would be legal has come from within their own ranks. . .” Herald
Posted by MM on Wed 4th Feb 2004 at 8:55 pm“Hooker zone’s drop-in centre: Scotland’s only prostitute tolerance zone looks safe after cash was found for a new drop-in centre. Aberdeen’s harbour area was set aside three years ago to protect the city’s estimated 200 prostitutes and minimise the impact of their work on the public. . .” Daily Record. 8.1.04.
Posted by MM on Fri 9th Jan 2004 at 2:18 pm“Blunkett to unveil sex laws overhaul: The biggest overhaul of Britain?s sex laws for half a century is set to be announced by Home Secretary David Blunkett in a move which will put growing pressure on Scotland to follow suit. . .” Evening News
“Sex laws to get major overhaul” Guardian.
Posted by MM on Tue 30th Dec 2003 at 11:23 pmThe Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Transport Committee has called for written evidence on the Prostitution Tolerance Zones (Scotland) Bill. The closing date for submissions is the 19th December 2003.
Prostitution Tolerance Zones (Scotland) Bill
Explanatory Notes
Policy Memorandum
Media
“Bad neighbours ‘beat crackdown’: Concerns were voiced yesterday over the introduction of a key plank of the Scottish Executive?s attempts to crack down on anti-social behaviour among neighbours. An Executive-funded report into the use of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) found that many had been breached - while some local authorities were failing to introduce them. . .” Scotsman
Press Release
“Crack-down on antisocial behaviour: The latest study into the use of Antisocial Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) has found that they have an important role to play in the Executive’s high-profile strategy to tackle the issue in communities across Scotland. Commissioned by the Executive, and published today by the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland (CIH), the report concluded that ASBOs are becoming a significant tool in the armoury of actions available to tackle antisocial behaviour. . .” Scot. Exec. 13.11.03
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“Council pays for squad of specialist police officers: In the first scheme of its kind in Scotland, Edinburgh Council is paying for a squad of new police officers dedicated full-time to tackling anti-social behavior. The officers will work alongside the council’s housing department in schemes like Muirhouse and Craigmillar. . .” Scottish TV
“Go-ahead for crackdown on vice girls: City councillors have approved the issuing of anti-social behaviour orders to drive prostitutes off the city?s streets. And they are still considering setting up of a hit squad of civilian “detectives” to target vice girls. . .” Evening News
“Anti social officers recruited in the capital: Extra police officers are being recruited in Edinburgh to tackle anti-social behaviour. . .” Scottish TV
“Exclusion laws to tackle soliciting: AntiSocial Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) are to be introduced for the first time in Scotland to remove prostitutes from residential areas. . .” Herald
Posted by MM on Fri 14th Nov 2003 at 2:58 pm