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MODEL LETTER TO SEND TO PEERS (emails below)
[YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS]
Dear [see list of Peers below.]
I strongly oppose clauses on prostitution in the Policing and Crime Bill 2009 which would: make it easier for the police to arrest women for “loitering and soliciting”; extend “closure orders” against sex workers’ premises; introduce compulsory “rehabilitation” of sex workers under threat of imprisonment; arrest presumed kerb-crawlers on a first offence; introduce a strict liability offence of “paying for sexual services of a prostitute subjected to force” (i.e. no need to show knowledge or recklessness); extend powers to search, seize and retain property under Proceeds of Crime legislation.
If these proposals become law, they will increase criminalisation and imprisonment, particularly of women, and push prostitution further underground, putting sex workers more at risk of violence.
[Add something about your own experience and your particular concerns . . . ]
These measures should be withdrawn. I urge you to speak and vote against them when they come to the Lords.
NAME POSITION IF YOU HAVE ONE List of peers to send model letter to: .
Priority Baroness Sue Miller millers@parliament.uk Baroness Vivien Stern helen.fair@kcl.ac.uk
Baroness Angela Harris harrisa@parliament.uk Baroness Anita Gale galea@parliament.uk Baroness Anne Gibson gibsona@parliament.uk Baroness Betty Lockwood House of Lords,SW1A 0PW Baroness Cox coxc@parliament.uk Baroness Elspeth Howe howee@parliament.uk Baroness Flather garyflather@yahoo.co.uk Baroness Goudie goudie@parliament.uk Baroness Helena Kennedy info@helenakennedy.co.uk Baroness Howarth House of Lords, SW1A 0PW Baroness Jean Corston corstonj@parliament.uk Baroness Jenny Tonge tongej@parliament.uk Baroness Joan Hanham hanhamj@parliament.uk & Baroness Gould gouldj@parliament.uk Baroness Linklater linklaterv@parliament.uk Baroness Masham susan@masham1935.fsnet.co.uk Baroness Massey masseyd@parliament.uk Baroness Meacher molly.meacher@eastlondon.nhs.uk Baroness Nicholson nicholsone@parliament.uk Baroness Northover northoverl@parliament.uk Baroness Patricia Morris morrispa@parliament.uk Baroness Prosser prosserm@parliament.uk Baroness Seccombe seccombej@parliament.uk Baroness Thomas thomasS@parliament.uk Baroness Thornton thorntong@parliament.uk Baroness Verma vermas@parliament.uk Baroness Walmsley walmsleyj@parliament.uk Baroness Williams williamss@parliament.uk Baroness Young younglo@parliament.uk Bishop of Edmonton bishop.edmonton@london.anglican.org Bishop of Chelmsford; cnewlands@chelmsord.anglican.org Bishop of Liverpool bishopslodge@liverpool.anglican.org Bishop of Norwich bishop@bishopofnorwich.org Bishop of Southwark bishops.house@southwark.anglican.org Bishop of Winchester michael.scott-joynt@dsl.pipex.com Earl of Sandwich sandwichj@parliament.uk Lord Blackwell blackwelln@parliament.uk Lord Desai desaim@parliament.uk Lord Dholakia dholakian@parliament.uk Lord Dubs dubsa@parliament.uk Lord Elton eltonr@parliament.uk Lord Griffiths House of Lords SW1A 0PW Lord Harries harriesr@parliament.uk Lord Harrison lhaharrison@aol.com Lord Hylton hyltonr@parliament.uk Lord Judd juddf@parliament.uk Lord Lester lestera@parliament.uk Lord Lloyd House of Lords, SW1A 0PW Lord Lucas lucasr@parliament.uk Lord Macdonald macdonaldaj@parliament.uk Lord Moy moyw@parliament.uk Lord Peston pestonmh@parliament.uk Lord Phillips andrew_w_phillips@yahoo.com & Lord Ramsbotham ramsbothamd@parliament.uk Lord Sheikh sheikhm@parliament.uk & sheikh@camberford-law.com Lord Skelmerdale skelmersdaler@parliament.uk Lord Taverne dick@taverne.me.uk Lord Treisman triesmand@parliament.uk Lord Trimble trimbled@parliament.uk Lord Watson watsonm@parliament.uk Lord West of Spithead privateoffice.external@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk Lord Wolf stevensonmm@parliament.uk Viscount Bridgeman bridgemanr@parliament.uk
For your convenience we've put the email addresses together.
Priorities:
Others: harrisa@parliament.uk; galea@parliament.uk; gibsona@parliament.uk; coxc@parliament.uk; howee@parliament.uk; garyflather@yahoo.co.uk; goudie@parliament.uk; linklaterv@parliament.uk; v.linklater@blueyonder.co.uk; susan@masham1935.fsnet.co.uk; masseyd@parliament.uk; molly.meacher@eastlondon.nhs.uk; info@helenakennedy.co.uk; corstonj@parliament.uk; tongej@parliament.uk; nicholsone@parliament.uk; northoverl@parliament.uk; morrispa@parliament.uk; prosserm@parliament.uk; seccombej@parliament.uk; thomasS@parliament.uk; thorntong@parliament.uk; vermas@parliament.uk; walmsleyj@parliament.uk; williamss@parliament.uk; younglo@parliament.uk;
bishop.edmonton@london.anglican.org; cnewlands@chelmsord.anglican.org; bishopslodge@liverpool.anglican.org; bishop@bishopofnorwich.org; bishops.house@southwark.anglican.org; michael.scott-joynt@dsl.pipex.com
sandwichj@parliament.uk; blackwelln@parliament.uk; desaim@parliament.uk; dholakian@parliament.uk; dubsa@parliament.uk; eltonr@parliament.uk; harriesr@parliament.uk; lhaharrison@aol.com; hyltonr@parliament.uk; juddf@parliament.uk; lestera@parliament.uk; lucasr@parliament.uk; macdonaldaj@parliament.uk; moyw@parliament.uk; pestonmh@parliament.uk; andrew_w_phillips@yahoo.com; a.phillips@bateswells.co.uk; ramsbothamd@parliament.uk; sheikhm@parliament.uk; sheikh@camberford-law.com; skelmersdaler@parliament.uk; dick@taverne.me.uk; triesmand@parliament.uk; trimbled@parliament.uk; watsonm@parliament.ukprivateoffice.external@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk; bridgemanr@parliament.uk; stevensonmm@parliament.uk;
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