Laura Farris: I am happy to take that correction—sorry, I was just speaking informally when I should not have been.

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I am happy to take that correction—sorry, I was just speaking informally when I should not have been. On new clauses 26 and 30, section 1 of the Street Offences Act 1959 enables the police to divert individuals engaged in on-street sex work to alternative interventions. I will reference some of the points made by the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley, because we did some research into what is happening. First, the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s guidance, which advises officers, makes clear that it will not be commonplace to prosecute individuals who sell sex in public, and that every effo

The Committee consisted of the following Members: Chairs: Hannah Bardell, † Sir Graham Brady, Dame Angela Eagle, Mrs Pauline Latham, Sir Robert Syms † Costa, Alberto (South Leicestershire) (Con) † Cunningham, Alex (Stockton North) (Lab) † Dowd, Peter (Bootle) (Lab) † Drummond, Mrs Flick (Meon Valley) (Con) † Farris, Laura (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department) † Firth, Anna (Southend West) (Con) † Fletcher, Colleen (Coventry North East) (Lab) † Ford, Vicky (Chelmsford) (Con) † Garnier, Mark (Wyre Forest) (Con) † Harris, Carolyn (Swansea East) (Lab) † Jones, Andrew (Ha…