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The right of people in this country to decide by mutual agreement whether and under what conditions they consent to sexual intercourse is fundamental. In particular, it has never been illegal to pay for consensual sex since at least as far back as Magna Carta. The government are now proposing to criminalise men who pay for sex for the first time in this country's history. That would constitute a radical change in the legal position for which the government has no electoral mandate, since the policy at the time of the 2005 general election was to legalise brothels operated by a small number of sex workers. We therefore call upon the government to obtain a mandate from the electorate before introducing any bill on prostitution.

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David Tong, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• toby rodgers
• John Talbot
• Andrew Hart
• Glen Parry
• James Gilmour
• arfan ahmad
• David Lee
• Richard Bates
• micheline scarlett
• David Siddall
• Hugh Jay
• Amy Vergnes
• Jeff de Noronha
• Jonathan Porter
• lucy
• Richard Healing
• sean lowis
• peter schevtschenko
• jim power
• Gary Leece
• S Wilkinson
• Annie, Sasha & Bonnie
• Louise Cumberbirch
• sandy wells
• S Jack
• Ian Dudley
• rachael
• Sarah Lobley
• Jo Richards
• Douglas Fox
• Karen Butler
• Neil Smith
• Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/reviewspeedlimit/)
• Laura Kane
• chelsea @x-lounge
• tara@x-lounge
• Anthony Lewis
• David Hobbs
• jim roberts
• Kelvin Case
• Peter Johnson
• Andrew Logan
• Ali Parker
• Jannie Thompson
• Sdeve
• L Fagan
• Stuart Paterson
• paul tallentire
• Stephen Paterson
• Caroline Shepherd
• Eva Davidson
• Oliver Franks-Pedrick
• R Frost
• Alan Thomas
• Oliver Thornton
• Holly Black
• Dannii
• Michael Knight
• Emily Shirley
• Helen G
• Ruth Morgan Thomas
• Kimberley Leeanne Wilson
• Brian Charles
• Neil Page
• Olivia Delamere
• Samara Casewell
• Xan Ophis
• Shelley Kim Fogg
• Dawn Beckles
• Daran Gill
• Nikki Rutter
• Councillor Gavin Webb
• emma page
• john fox
• Tony Walley
• Warren Lloyd
• Stuart Heal
• Marco de Innocentis
• Matt Davies
• Steven Moss
• Rob Waller
• Gareth Franks-Pedrick
• Miss G Cowley
• Stephen Parkin
• Constance Braun
• Julie King
• Yvonne Donkor
• P M Tricker
• Ian Bland
• Simon Fawthrop
• Rachel Knowler
• Madeleine Moore
• Hugo Schwyzer
• Alice Setchfield
• Farah Ismail
• Helen Clavering
• Alexander Patterson
• Rebecca Morrison
• Alice Nicholls
• Kirsten Elliott
• Alex McKee
• J. Sarha
• Alex Finch
• Jessika Venn
• Jennifer Wigham
• Paul Bryant
• Dr Belinda Brooks-Gordon
• Karen Gardiner
• Phil Roberts
• Thierry Schaffauser
• Graham Marsden
• amy chard
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• Katherine Ballam
• william bartlett
• matt walston
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• David Ross
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• Layla
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• Stuart Holland
• miacarla
• Steve Blasdale
• Nick Peat
• Laurent Bourgeois
• sarah
• Chris Webster
• Richard Knight
• Lady of Mystery
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• paul bulpitt
• Sam Freeman
• Lara Licks
• Dr John Kay
• vinson lemaechal
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• Rosalind Mary Owens
• David Livermore
• Ian P. Hudson
• richard peter hall
• Starchild (Libertarian Party)
• Janet Starkey
• lilly
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• peter hammond
• Matthew Ridley
• G. Wood
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• Louise Fleming
• Ryan Alvey
• Peter Fleming
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• susan moy
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• William Weld
• Toni Long
• Cherry Waters
• Diana Delazote
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• rob bramley
• chas matthews
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• Mark Nunn
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