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Question reference: S6W-43396
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 January 2026
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of testimony from survivors of grooming gangs, frontline service organisations and justice agencies that child sexual exploitation (CSE) and grooming are core pathways through which vulnerable children are drawn into the commercial sexual exploitation of prostitution, both in childhood and later in adulthood, whether it consulted Professor Alexis Jay, its expert adviser on CSE, including grooming, in relation to the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill, ahead of the stage 1 vote on 3 February 2026.
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