Ash Regan MSP - The Unbuyable Bill: changing prostitution laws in Scotland
Note sull'episodio
Ash Regan is a Member of the Scottish Parliament, currently sitting as an independent having previously been a member of the SNP. Her Unbuyable Bill, which sought to criminalise the buying of sex while decriminalising the selling of it, reached Stage One of the Scottish Parliament before being voted down. We discussed why she feels prostitution laws in Scotland need to change.
Timestamps
Timestamps
00:00 — Introduction
00:58 — What the Unbuyable Bill proposes
05:13 — The SNP votes the bill down at Stage One
08:52 — How current Scottish law on prostitution works
10:44 — What the bill would criminalise and decriminalise
15:02 — The Nordic model — how it works and the evidence behind it
16:00 — Germany and Sweden as contrasting case studies
18:38 — The consent debate
19:32 — Who is in prostitution — statistics on trafficking, abuse, and coercion
24:09 — Grooming victims and trafficking victims
27:24 — The Epstein files and exploitation across society
29:38 — Scottish Government inaction and prospects for future legislation
32:36 — The “driving underground” argument
36:26 — Ash’s plans to stand as an independent at the next election
Relevant Links
Ash Regan — Scottish Parliament profile:
https://www.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps/ash-regan
Ash Regan on X (Twitter):
The Unbuyable Bill