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They were right, because that was the right thing to do. Those MSPs said privately—and, sometimes, publicly—that there had already been far too much delay.
Mental health is an area in which I and many other MSPs, including Gillian Martin and Clare Haughey, who is now the Minister for Mental Health, have campaigned.
The Policy Memorandum cites a 2010 evaluation of the law in Sweden and argues that—
The introduction of the law in Sweden has limited the growth of the prostitution market and consequently limited the involvement of organised criminals in prostitution in Sweden.
Ash Regan MSP told us when she gave evidence on 25 June 2025—
The international evidence shows t...