"Edinburgh Council will vote on whether to limit the number of sexual entertainment venues (SEVs) in the city or to impose a ‘nil cap’ policy – which would effectively ban strip clubs altogether. The vote follows the publication of the Scottish Government’s strategy for preventing violence against women and girls (VAWG) in 2019, which argued that “prostitution, lap dancing, stripping, pornography” encompassed and engendered VAWG. To date, there is no evidence for this."