I was pleased to appear on the London regional part of The Politics Show earlier today talking about the petition calling on the Metropolitan Police to keep open their unit dedicated to combatting human trafficking. My thanks to The Politics Show for inviting me on to the programme and for taking up the issue of the trafficking of people, mainly women and sometimes children, into London.
Nicki Adams from the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) and I had a lively discussion in the studio with some fundamental differences about how to deal with the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation. While I, and the 1800 people who signed the petition, believe there should be a special unit within the London police, the ECP takes a far more general view, demanding a wider look at the whole question.
If you would like to see this discussion and the rest of The Politics Show it is available on BBC iPlayer until Sunday 6 December.
