Police Scotland has warned that it will not be able to afford to enforce a Bill criminalising the buying of sex if it is passed by MSPs.

The force has said that it expects the changes to cost over £500,000 in the first three years of its implementation.

Ash Regan’s ‘Unbuyable Bill’ would shift the criminality for buying sex services from the people who sell them to the people who buy them. It would introduce fines of up to £10,000 and possible jail sentences for buyers.

The Prostitution (Offences and Support)(Scotland) Act would also quash historic convictions for prostitution.

Police Scotland has said it is “fully supportive” of the Bill, but that it would need financial help to cover the costs that were not previously budgeted for.

The Specialist Crime Division told the Government c

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