interesting article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3898009.stm

Prostitution: International answers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3900361.stm

They could have added what Canada does: Contradictory laws with no clear purpose; sort of allow it but only in a two-faced way that lets us pretend we don't.

Also interesting that the UK consultation process will last four months. In Canada this would last several years, and spend millions of dollars to come up with a report that gets ignored.