A NEW law is needed to “bust the business model of sex trafficking” by “shifting the burden of criminality” from victims to men who pay for sex, a Labour MP told the Commons yesterday.

Britain is a “high-value and low-risk” destination for sex trafficking because the law fails to discourage demand for prostitution, Kingston upon Hull North MP Dame Diana Johnson told MPs.

During a 10-minute rule motion, she argued that a new Bill should decriminalise solicitation but criminalise sex punters – the Nordic model – while providing support services for victims of exploitation.