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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Martin Bentham

Home Office minister says paying for sex should be outlawed to stop trafficking of women into prostitution

A Home Office minister has said she would like to see paying for sex “outlawed” as part of a bid to stop women being trafficked into prostitution.

Sarah Dines told the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday that demand for the services of sex workers was “part of human nature” and had been “around for thousands of years”.

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