Ms Linda Latham:

I feel there is a strong wave of normalisation of the purchase of sex. It becomes okay to buy sex and a laddish or studdish opinion seems to well up. We need to be more effective in educating people about this, asking if it is okay and highlighting the harm it causes women. I see women who have been harmed by prostitution week in, week out. What impressed me in the Swedish case was that they did a general campaign educating young lads and girls about these harms. Previously, users of prostitution were called studs, but they are now called losers. Social change is possible with proper education campaigns.

We have noted many cases of South American women. They have a study visa that allows them to work for 19 hours a week. However, that prohibits them from looking for alternative types of work because it would not be enough to sustain them. While I understand this is tied into immigration legislation, perhaps, for particularly vulnerable groups such as these women, some leniency could be considered.