Found: ii All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation. (2021).

Found: It is very concerning, therefore, that the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation, the Home Affairs

Found: Commercial sexual exploitation is itself a continuum, women move from one form of prostitution to

Found: there are 27.6 million people in forced labour worldwide, mostly in the private sector excluding commercial

Found: debt bondage, trafficking and similar practices b)the use, procurement or offering of a child for commercial

Found: developing and growing, this has also created a space for perpetrators of human trafficking, commercial

Found: 1 Cross -Party Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation Tuesday 6th February 2024 18.00 -20.00

Found: 1 Cross -Party Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation Tuesday 6th February 2024 18.00 -20.00

Found: on Men’s Violence against Women and Children, The Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Commercial

Found: Cross -Party Group Annual Return Name of Cross -Party Group Cross -Party Group for Commercial Sexual

Found: a room for an adult placement • people who are victims of human traffi cking and wider forms of Commercial

Found: SB will consider how the commercial sexual exploitation framework ties in.AOB and CloseMinisterial Oversight

Found: demand for prostitution, which is underpinned by a preventative and holistic approach (and tackling commercial

Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether the multi-agency group on commercial sexual exploitation has been established, and, if so, what the membership of the group is, and whether the remit of the group will include consideration of the criminalisation of the purchase of sex.

Answered by Brown, Siobhian - Minister for Victims and Community Safety

The new multi-agency group on commercial sexual exploitation held its first meeting on 27 March 2024. The membership of the Group includes representatives from the third and public sector. Details about the group can be accessed here: https://www.gov.scot/groups/commercial-sexual-exploitation/ . It is anticipated that part of the remit of the group will be to help inform the implementation and delivery of our strategic approach to challenging and deterring men’s demand for prostitution.