Sex workers have made a direct appeal to the FM not to support the bill (Image: Peter Summers/PA Wire)"Our most urgent concern in all of this is our safety. "If a client is concerned that they will be arrested, they will be far less likely to give sex workers identifying information - which is a crucial part of keeping us safe." It’s scandalous that current laws force sex workers to work in more dangerous conditions, and outrageous that this bill would maintain this law," the sex workers told the First Minister. One of the leading reasons why women enter sex work is poverty. There is nothing about it that can be changed at later stages that would minimise the harm it will do to sex workers.

Source: The Herald February 01, 2026 17:05 UTC