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All-Party Parliamentary Group | Chair: Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Secretariat: UK Feminista | Email: contact@appg-cse.uk

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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Last month, a law was passed giving the Home Secretary power to force p*rnography companies to verify the age & permission of everyone featured on their site. UN experts have now joined calls for governments to enforce this 👇 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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UN experts alarmed by complicity of online pornographic platforms and other intermediaries in sexual exploitation of women and girls
GENEVA – UN experts* today raised the alarm over the large-scale sexual exploitation of women and girls facilitated and monetised by Pornhub and its parent company Aylo Holdings, as well as the role o...
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social has written to the Home Secretary to report 'the biggest sex trafficking operation in modern Scottish history'. Read Tracy's speech exposing the scandal here 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"pimping websites are the largest human trafficking operation in modern UK history" "Police Scotland should launch an immediate criminal investigation" Read our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social's important speech on websites advertising prostitution 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Today our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social led a debate in Parliament on sex trafficking in Scotland. Tracy revealed she has written to Police Scotland to report websites advertising prostitution for violating Scotland's anti-trafficking law. The max penalty is life. 👇
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What's next? - 12 months is the maximum duration of the review. Gov should deliver before then. Every day, women & children are being harmed - Withdrawal of consent must be possible for all at any time - Final regulations must ensure swift enforcement We stand ready to work with the review. 3/3
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Government will conduct a review, reporting within 12 months, to determine if & how powers will be used. Today is a welcome step towards these vital safeguards. It is a victory for the brave survivors who called for them. It follows amendments by Baroness Bertin & @jessasatomp.bsky.social 2/3
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Important news: Today, the UK Government has tabled an amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill giving it the power to force p*rnography websites to verify everyone in their videos is an adult, gave permission for the video to be published and can later withdraw their consent. 1/3
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
"this comes down to whose rights the state decides to prioritise and protect: pornographers’ -or the men, women & children they make money off. It’s time to show whose side we’re on." @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social calls for age & ongoing consent checks on p*rn sites 👇 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'We must not miss chance to stop online sexual exploitation and child abuse'
Writing for The Mirror Tracy Gilbert, Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation, says ministers must back safeguards to stop pornography sites allowing sex abus...
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is why Ministers @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social must accept & implement the recent vote by the House of Lords to force all p*rnography websites to verify the age and ongoing consent of everyone in videos on their platform 👇 edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
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Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection
CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"When the crime bill returns to the Commons, the government should throw its weight behind a new, stronger model of consent." 👏 Government must accept in full Baroness Gabby Bertin's amendment requiring age & ongoing consent checks on p*rnography websites. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK has a chance to pioneer pornography regulation – it must take it | Susanna Rustin
The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Today members of @appg-cse.bsky.social joined charities to urge Government to accept the House of Lords' vote requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform We recommended this safeguard in our 2023 inquiry report 👉 www.appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Our members -MPs Tonia Antoniazzi, Kirsteen Sullivan, Jess Asato, Tracy Gilbert, Antonia Bance, Katrina Murray, Sarah Champion & Polly Billington + Baroness Bertin & Baroness Jenkin- signed this letter in the Times calling on the PM to back safeguards on p*rn sites 👉 thetimes.com/article/d615...
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"If we are to tackle male violence against women and girls, these websites have to be shut down" Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social urges Government to outlaw pimping websites to stop sex trafficking 👏 Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The letter calls on the Government to implement the House of Lords vote requiring pornography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone featured on their platform. A vital safeguard that should be implemented without delay. Read the letter 👇 www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...
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Times letters: Keir Starmer and release of the Mandelson files
Write to letters@thetimes.co.uk Sir, The revelation that Peter Mandelson demanded more than half a million pounds in compensation for being sacked, in disgrace, as British ambassador to the United
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Our members - Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Jess Asato MP, Tracy Gilbert MP, Kirsteen Sullivan MP, Polly Billington MP, Sarah Champion MP, Antonia Bance MP, Katrina Murray MP, Baroness Bertin & Baroness Jenkin - have signed this important letter in today's Times 👇 www.thetimes.com/article/d615...
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Force porn sites to verify age and consent, ministers told
Campaigners against sexual exploitation want publishers to check the age of those appearing in explicit material and whether they have given their consent
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Our chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social welcomes the landmark vote in Parliament to require p*rnography websites to verify the age and ongoing consent of everyone featured in content on their platform 👇
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
APPG Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social welcomes the House of Lords vote requiring p*rnography websites to: 👉 Verify everyone on their site is an adult & gave permission for the content to be published 👉 Enable withdrawal of consent at any time Basic, vital safeguards 👏👏
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
APPG member @kittysull1.bsky.social MP welcomes this week's vote in the House of Lords to require vital safeguards on p*rnography websites. Age and permission verification + right to withdraw consent will stop abuse and deliver justice to survivors. 👇
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This amendment will deliver justice for survivors. We want to thank the survivors who bravely shared their experiences with Parliament and called for this change. Government must now ensure the amendment is strongly enforced without delay.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
These are vital safeguards to prevent sites hosting child abuse and trafficking – and publishing p*rnography of people against their will First proposed by Dame Diana Johnson MP in 2022, the amendment was tabled by Jess Asato MP & Baroness Bertin + co-signed by over 50 MPs & peers
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🙌 Safeguards secured! The House of Lords has voted to adopt critical safeguards on p*rnography websites: age & permission verification and the right to withdraw consent The APPG has long called for this change to combat abuse and exploitation rampant on these sites 🧵
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Congratulations to Baroness Bertin, Jess Asato MP & all survivors, parliamentarians & organisations who have pushed for this change. 👉 The focus now is to ensure Government delivers a robust framework that is properly enforced.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Government has pledged to equalise regulation of p*rnography online and offline, boosting controls on websites which freely peddle violence & abuse. The APPG has has long advocated this. Over 50 MPs backed Vice Chair @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment on it 🧵 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Ministers to ban violent and degrading pornography online
The ban will include content depicting acts such as rape and incest, bringing websites in line with pornographic videos sold in shops
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
As we reflect on progress made, we are grateful to the survivors who have shared experiences, provided expertise and informed our recommendations 🙏 Together, we will continue to demand justice.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Our annual report details recent highlights - including petitions, debates and amendments that attracted substantial cross-party backing 👇
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Industrial scale sex trafficking is being perpetrated across the UK, while the p*rnography trade continues to peddle exploitation & abuse. Members of the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation have been working hard to push this to the top of the political agenda & secure action from Government 👇
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation strongly supports Ash Regan MSP's Prostitution Bill, being debated tomorrow in the Scottish Parliament. The Bill would outlaw paying for sex and decriminalise victims - recognising prostitution is violence against women. UK Government must follow suit.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
📰 'Police chiefs present prostitution as legitimate work amid guidance to dub workers as 'sexual entrepreneurs'' "The use of this highly contested language by the NPCC is wholly inappropriate." @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social www.gbnews.com/news/police-...
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Police chiefs present prostitution as legitimate work following guidance to dub workers as 'sexual entrepreneurs'
A cross-party group of MPs criticised what it dubbed 'ideologically and politically charged terms'
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Today @joanireid.com will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by: ➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent ➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Thank you @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social for petitioning Parliament to combat violence against women by: ➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform ➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms 👏👏👏
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Today our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by: ➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent ➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
Today Tracy Gilbert MP will petition Parliament on pornography and violence against women.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
On Wednesday @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by: ➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent ➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms 👏
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
On Tuesday @kittysull1.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by: 👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent 👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms 👏👏👏
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🚫 Collaboration between the National Crime Agency, Home Office & pimping websites has failed 🚫 Ofcom guidance for pimping websites is wholly inadequate 🚫Trafficking cannot be ‘designed out’ of the platforms ✅ There is strong cross-party support for outlawing online pimping (2/2)
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social was pleased to meet the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to discuss her ongoing investigation into pimping websites. This letter to the Commissioner sets out 5 major findings 👇 🚫 Pimping websites are key to the business model of sex trafficking (1/2)
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
❌ Advises police to use the ideological term ‘sex work’ ❌ Undermines enforcement against sexual exploitation ❌ Provides scant detail on targeting sex buyers Forces should look to Police Scotland's best practice, which responds to prostitution as violence against women. (2/2)
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to Minister for Policing & Crime @sarahjonesmp.bsky.social to express serious concerns about the current policing approach to commercial sexual exploitation in England & Wales. Guidance by the NPCC: ❌ Normalises sexual exploitation as ‘work’ (1/2)
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Guidance by Ofcom: ❌ allows high-risk practices on websites that enable sex trafficking, like third parties advertising multiple women for prostitution ❌ normalises commercial sexual exploitation as "sex work" Concerns raised by MPs have been repeatedly ignored. 2/2
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Pimping websites are used by sex traffickers to advertise victims @ofcom.bsky.social guidance for these sites on implementing the Online Safety Act is totally inadequate and deeply harmful Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to CEO Dame Melanie Dawes requesting urgent changes 1/2
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Commercial sexual exploitation is taking place on an industrial scale @appg-cse.bsky.social members are leading calls for Government action 📺 As Parliament's summer break approaches, check out what we've been doing to secure change 👇
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Last week we hosted a discussion in Parliament on how policy makers should respond to sexual exploitation via 'camming' websites. Our thanks to participants CEASE, Dr Elly Hanson & Talita in Sweden - where this exploitation is now outlawed 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
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Sweden bans buying OnlyFans content - Euractiv
The new law criminalises paid online sexual services, including cam shows and sex chats.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"Campaigners say ordering a woman to be sexually exploited has become as straightforward as ordering a takeaway online" 📰 'UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites' @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites
Amendment to crime and policing bill would make it criminal offence to profit from selling sex online
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Shocking investigation by Sky News uncovers thousands of indicators of trafficking on two of UK's biggest websites advertising prostitution 👉 This is why @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social MP's parliamentary proposal to outlaw pimping websites is so urgent news.sky.com/story/orderi...
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'Ordering a woman to be sexually exploited is as easy as ordering a takeaway': How trafficking victims are being sold online
A Sky News investigation uncovers thousands of potential indicators of sexual exploitation on two of the UK's most prominent adult service websites.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
50+ MPs have backed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's vital amendments to bust the business model of sex trafficking. ⛓️ Day in, day out, women are being sexually exploited across the UK - driven by demand from sex buyers & pimping websites that enjoy impunity.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
'I survived years of exploitation - sick online supermarkets of the vulnerable must be shut' Mia de Faoite on why she backs @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendments to outlaw pimping websites & paying for sex and decriminalise victims. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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'I survived vile exploitation - sick supermarkets of the vulnerable must shut'
Mia de Faoite, who endured years of harrowing abuse and exploitation, says prostitution laws must be torn up and so-called 'pimping websites' have to be closed down
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Participants spoke of the importance of ➡️ Asking women if they want support to exit ➡️ Providing long-term, holistic, women-only support ➡️ Recognising prostitution is violence against women ➡️ Dedicated funding from local authorities for exiting support
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
This week we hosted a vital discussion in Parliament with leading charities delivering best practice support & exiting services for women experiencing commercial sexual exploitation. Thank you to Kairos WWT, Nia, Women@thewell, FiLiA & Women's Support Project 👏
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Jess Asato MP @jessasatomp.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Our children are growing up on violent, misogynistic, and paedophilic-adjacent pornography online. That's why I've tabled amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill to ensure parity between offline and online pornography regulation. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Porn websites face crackdown on violent and misogynistic content
MPs are backing plans to make the platforms subject to the same laws as ‘real world’ pornography
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Victims of sexual exploitation require support, not sanctions. 🙏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP's amendment to stop women being punished for their own exploitation.
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APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation @appg-cse.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
❌ Victims of sexual exploitation can face sanctions for soliciting, making it harder to seek help and rebuild their lives. 🖊️ Over 50 MPs have now signed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to end this.
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