The Swedish model criminalises the purchase of sex, rather than the sale. According to statistics, there has been a 50% fall in prostitution in Sweden since this became law and I feel that similar laws here would lead to a fall in demand, and therefore supply."
Mr Brine is now looking to work with colleagues, cross-party, to see if new and updated legislation is the answer to dramatically reducing the numbers of vulnerable women who are exploited in this way.