14/07/2013 Sunday Politics Yorkshire and Lincolnshire

East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. We find out why a disabled Yorkshire

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men is trying to persuade MPs to Politics East Yorkshire and

Lincolnshire. Coming up, we find out why a disabled Yorkshireman is

trying to persuade Parliament to legalise the sex industry.

And why our MPs are getting on their bikes to urge Yorkshire to make the

most of its hosting of the opening stage of the Tour de France. Let us

say hello to our guests. Edward McMillan-Scott is the Liberal

Democrat MP for Yorkshire and Humber.

Diane Johnson is the shadow minister for crime and security.

How damaging is this row over union funding been for Ed Miliband?

think he has performed very well. Ed has opened up the issue of how we

find our political parties. Whether MPs should have second jobs. I think

we are now setting the agenda in terms of what we expect from members

of Parliament. Edward McMillan-Scott, you have always

supported human rights but this week we finally got rid of Abu Qatada and

snow judges are telling us from Europe that we cannot send some

people to jail for life. You are a supporter of the court. I am a

supporter of the court but that had nothing to do with this case. These

judgements are clearly very controversial and I think rightly

Abu Qatada has gone back to Jordan. On the issue of life sentences, I

think that man is perfectible and we should not always assumed that life

has to mean life. There is less than one years ago until Yorkshire hosts

the opening stage the Tour de France. This time last year we were

preparing for the London Olympics so what lessons can we learn about

One year since the Olympics and one year and tell the Tour de France.

Everybody is talking about the L Word, legacy. When the yellow jersey

fades, what will be the lasting benefit for Yorkshire? MPs are

working together to try to make sure that Yorkshire gets the most from

the tour. There was cross-party support for this. All three of us

are excited just as people all over Yorkshire are. It is an exciting

prospect. I would like to see as a legacy more dedicated cycle lanes in

our city. I hope people will feel very influenced and uplifted by

seeing the Tour de France come to Yorkshire. Of course, legacy as a

sore subject in Yorkshire. Don Valley Stadium is 23 years old and

the council cannot afford to run it anymore and in a matter of weeks it

will be rubble. We want the stadium to be saved. This athletics track

was only closed two years ago and now it is being refurbished. The

council say it is an adequate replacement for the stadium but

others aren't so sure. It needs an amazing amount of work just to get

it up to a basic standing. This is a world-class International Stadium

and there is no comparison. The tour will no doubt show the best that

Yorkshire has got to offer but if there is to be a legacy, there is a

lot of legwork be done. Following that reports, we did test

James for performance enhancing drugs. He came away clean. You look

at Athens where they held the Olympics in 2004. Most of the events

sites are dishevelled. How can we avoid that happening here? It won't

happen because there is proper investment. The revenue to Yorkshire

and the follow-on is only about �100 million. The government has put in

10 million so far. It is a great fillip for Yorkshire and I'm

delighted. I'm delighted to report was getting involved. You really

want to see him in Lycra? Only one year away from the Olympics and we

are already closing some sporting venues down. Does that bother you?

Can I first say that I am disappointed that the race is not

coming to East Yorkshire and to Hall. If we are really serious about

getting young people into sport and having a legacy, we need to think

about the cuts that are being made to local authority budgets. When you

look at other regions of Europe which upheld the Grand Depart, has

there been a lasting legacy? I think so. Whenever it has been there is a

lasting legacy. We are not seen as a particularly cycling nation but

there is a very great tradition in Yorkshire so it is right it should

come here and it will be a great benefit to the region. When you look

at the London Olympics, has there been a big legacy of it or was it

just a fantastic summer of sport. We enjoyed it while it was the butt we

shouldn't be looking to the long-term? We should be looking at

the investments in schools and local clubs to encourage children and it

is worrying because those figures are not as high as they should be.

This does come down to very short-term thinking as to how to

make young people take up sport and have a healthy young lifestyle

because it has an impact on the NHS. People are interested enough to get

involved and it doesn't necessarily need public money. I am keen to get

our children interested in swimming. We are missing our trek -- missing a

trick. That is because of the local authority funding cuts that you're a

coalition government is giving us. It is about choices. So why is Hull

so badly affected? It is a very on their you are correcting it. We are

getting funding and growth into the economy. Let us wait-and-see because

the economy has been flat-lining for three years. It has long been known

as the world 's oldest profession but is it time to liberalise our

laws on hostages in? A Yorkshireman's experience in a

Spanish brothel has informed the debate. Asta Philpot has made a film

Come as you are, a film based on Asta Philpot's alive. He has become

an ardent campaigner for people with disabilities and intimacy is at the

heart of it. He has made a film about legalising prostitution. He

says it will help clean up the industry. When I had my first sexual

experience, it gave me the confidence to have a relationship.

So why doesn't that happened for everyone else? This man has become a

patron of the foundation that Asta Philpot runs but he has hit a brick

wall when it comes to speaking to MPs about legalising prostitution.

Many have said they would like to get involved but their hands are

tied. Let us get real, let us strip away all the criminal activity

around it and start to think how we can do it properly. But the idea of

any legalised prostitution is highly controversial. One campaigner

against it is herself a former prostitute from Bradford. She spoke

to us anonymously. Prostitution is soul destroying. Every time you are

bought, a little bit of you dies. I survived it but many women don't. If

they are not physically scarred for life, they are mentally. For Asta

Philpot it should be legalised, but many MPs don't want to touch the

issue. Asta Philpot joins in the studio.

How do your experiences differ in other countries? It is so different

in England because it is made to seem CD. You have told us that MPs

have supported it privately but will not go on the record. Yes, that's

right they say they will support us but cannot go public. As it is time

to look at the issue of prostitution again? Asta Philpot raises a good

point and I think people with disabilities should have

opportunities the same as the rest of us. With prostitution, there are

women who are trafficked into it, women with drug and alcohol problems

who are caught first into it -- call wurst into it so I do not feel

comfortable with legalising it. prostitutes start as children and

there are issues with trafficking and drugs. But Asta Philpot's film

does raise some important issues. The convention of human rights does

define the rights to a human life and it says that things ordinary

people expect should be extended to those who have no possibility of

achieving them. The other issue is that the way in which there is the

potential for vulnerable people, and I include Asta Philpot in this

context, who could be exploited by other people. It is a very brought

-- thought-provoking idea. This film is storming across the continent.

doesn't sound you're going to get support from lawmakers in

Westminster or Brussels. I don't agree with trafficking are the drugs

but you have to ask why that is happening. I have loads of friends

that our escorts and they are all very happy. They come and go as they

please and they are in legal circumstances. So why the hell are

we sweeping something under the rug every time this comes up because it

is just going to carry on? With the greatest of respect, I really

question that the woman I come across who are living dreadful lives

are making a decision they want to. This subject is slandered in every

corner of the UK. I think we have to have a debate but I'm not sure

prostitution is the way forward. Low Mac one of the things in the

documentary was that the brothel in Spain was adapted for the disabled.

They are not seeing you are not wanted here, they are seeing that

they are more tolerant. They are adapted to a certain reality which

we cannot ignore. We are all on this pedestal where we talk about

problems with finances and the war and so on but you should see how

many e-mails I get from people with disabilities who really wants to

have this experience. Things have to change if we want to be a real

society. Where next for your campaign? I want to move on to the

general idea of human contact. I do not get human contact every day. I

do not get much human contact. you ever thought of being an MP?

Absolutely, that is why am starting out on this road. Let us get a

round-up in 60 seconds of the rest of the weeks news.

A message from Nick Clegg when he appeared on a ABC radio Sheffield

born in this week. Voters want the choice between blue and red. You are

not going to get results when there isn't an outright majority. Should

MPs get an increase in the pay packet? Don't make the same mistake

Michael Brown made. Never was a pay rise acceptable when I got into

Parliament. Eight months after his resignation, Denis MacShane her she

will face a criminal charge of false accounting. Sheffield MP Paul

Blomfield told the government that plans to ship regeneration money

away from Yorkshire are daylight robbery. It will have a hugely

negative impact on jobs and growth. What he make of your coalition

government's decision to move regeneration money away from

Yorkshire? I won't say it is the perfect

answer. Yorkshire is getting more than Scotland's on the beer figures

but you must bear in mind the timeframe of this process and the

money that will come from Brussels. Leeds will get 300 million euros.

Hull will get 200 million. It is not quite right but it is not as bad as

it might seem. You satisfied with that? I'm surprised by that.

Sheffield is getting 34% more than South Yorkshire in terms of European

funding. That doesn't seem to me to be right. It is on a per capita

basis and that tapering is what has caused some of the problems. Some of

the Highlands and Islands of Scotland are still very much

developing areas. This isn't the best answer and we really have tried

to get it right. What do you make of Nick Clegg's declaration that

coalitions are here to stay? absolutely hope he is wrong. I hope

in the next parliament we have a strong government. It is not a good

way of running this country. Normal service will be resumed in 2015.

best way to do it is vote in the Liberal Democrats because then you

will more likely get a quality. You're getting a more consensual

form of politics. You are getting backroom deals. I think we pushed

the voting reform referendum to early. Your government lefty

terrible legacy to this government and that is why the public voted

this way. I don't think people voted for the coalition agreement that she

cobbled together in a back room. Many were actually Liberal Democrats

requirements. Many have fallen them. Should MPs be paid more?The

committee are independent of MPs but people will want to engage in it

cause people feel strongly about it. This is nothing to do with MPs

anymore. It is the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's

recommendation. But is it right? Would you accept a pay rise? It is

not for me to say at this time because it has nothing to do with

me. How does MPs pay compared with Europe bastion Mark the European

Parliament has voted for an overall payroll freeze. I won't say it is a

perfect solution. How much do you get paid? �82,000.We get paid

�66,000. There is quite a bizarre mixture in Parliament. Lots of