European Parliament
Gerard Batten (IND/DEM ),
in writing
The UK Independence Party voted against the Prets Report on the trafficking of women and children due to the nature of articles contained within the report. We are strongly against the trafficking of all people and slavery, but we do not feel that it is the competence of the EU to interfere in domestic issues, and in particular we do not feel that the EU should be creating a policy regarding prostitution.
All the items mentioned in the report have already been covered by UK legislation, and it is these laws which should be utilised fully rather than to create yet more EU legislation, which would have resulted in negative consequences.

