Meeting of the Parliament 18 February 2026 [Draft]
The Scottish Government is focused on the delivery of our strategic approach to challenging demand for prostitution, including work with Police Scotland to support the implementation of its national approach on prostitution.
As the member knows, we have already set out the unequivocal position that prostitution is violence against women and girls and that the purchase of sex should be criminalised. [Interruption.] The member is aware of the reasons why we could not take forward her bill. Further, we will take forward the Criminal Justice Committee’s recommendation that an independent commission be established to consider the issues that were raised throughout stage 1 of that bill and inform future legislation in which the Parliament can have confidence.