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Introduction
The Working Group
On 24 March 2005, Scottish Ministers set up a Working Group on Adult Entertainment to review the scope and impact of adult entertainment activity and make recommendations to Ministers on the way forward. This followed concerns expressed about the lack of controls on adult entertainment activity.
The Working Group was part of a two-stage approach to considering controls on these activities. The first stage is included in the Licensing (Scotland) Bill, which was introduced on 28 February 2005, and contains powers which will be used to prescribe measures for regulating adult entertainment on premises licensed to sell alcohol.
For the second stage, the Working Group was set up to investigate all forms of adult entertainment, irrespective of where the activity takes place.
The remit
The terms of reference for the Working Group are as follows:
- to identify all relevant activities (whilst recognising the need not to suppress artistic freedom)
- to consult with all relevant interest groups (including women's groups; and employees and employers in the adult entertainment industry)
- to commission research into the activities and associated impacts (using anonymous sources where appropriate)
- to identify and assess relevant types of controls, including the implementation and impact of any controls
- to recognise the need to balance local and national interests
- to take account of concurrent work on prostitution and regulations for lap dancing in licensed premises
- to report to Ministers in April 2006, with recommendations
The report
This document (Volume 1) contains the report and recommendations of the Working Group. Volume 2 contains the associated independent research and annexes. Any views and conclusions presented in the independent research are not necessarily those of the Working Group.
Membership
Linda Costelloe Baker (Chairman)
Councillor James Coleman (Glasgow City Council)
Dr Sharon Cowan (University of Edinburgh)
Superintendent John Farrell (Strathclyde Police)
Rab Fleming (Scottish Executive)
Councillor Raymond Hutcheon (Licensing Committee, Aberdeen)
Dr Catherine Kennedy (Napier University)
Patricia McIlquham (Dundee City Council)
Jan Macleod (Women's Support Project)
Councillor Lorna Shiels (Edinburgh City Council)
Councillor Jill Shimi (Dundee City Council)
Eddie Tobin (Bar Entertainment and Dance Association)
Secretariat
Anna Gilbert (Scottish Executive)
Stephanie McTighe (Scottish Executive)
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