(7 years, 10 months ago)
Commons ChamberI listened closely to the hon. Gentleman’s speech. I hope the Minister, too, was listening.
I see my hon. Friend is about to prove that he was indeed listening.
The hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Matthew Pennycook) made a passionate speech. On a point of clarification, section 32 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, to which he referred and which made soliciting and importuning a crime, was repealed in 2004. However, soliciting still remains a crime.
I will leave that there.
The Liberal Democrat amendment that the Government accepted yesterday brings justice to the issue at pace, with checks and balances.