division_name: Treasury &#8212; New Clause 22 &#8212; Prostitution and sexual exploitation
motion: <p pid="a.784.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;(1) The Secretary of State must undertake a review of the links between prostitution and human trafficking and sexual exploitation in England and Wales.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.784.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) The review under subsection (1) must consider&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.784.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) the extent to which the current legislation governing prostitution in England and Wales acts as an effective deterrent to demand for sexual services from exploited persons;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.784.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) the extent to which the current legislation governing prostitution in England and Wales enables effective enforcement action against those trafficking people for sexual exploitation; and</p>
  
  <p pid="a.784.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">(c) the extent to which alternative legal frameworks for governing prostitution adopted by other countries within the European Union, including Northern Ireland, have been effective at reducing sexual exploitation and the number of people trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.784.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(3) The review under subsection (1) must be completed and a copy must be laid before Parliament within six months of Royal Assent.&#8221;&#8212;<i>(Mr Hanson.)</i></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.784.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">Brought up.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.784.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the clause be added to the Bill.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.784.1/9" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.784.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 229, Noes 283.</p>