Keighley MP Ann Cryer has blasted the Government for
promoting lap dancing and stripping through job centres.
She spoke out in the House of Commons after staff offered jobs in the sex industry to 17-year-old girls.
The practice was exposed to MPs by a charity that works with women in the trade.
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The Poppy Project said the Government was acting irresponsibly by putting the jobs on its database.
Mrs Cryer and fellow members of the home affairs committee criticised the practice.
She said: "I'm not happy at the Government promoting this sort of inappropriate work for women. I did not know this was happening and I hope the job centres will rethink it."
A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said jobs were clearly labelled as unsuitable for under 18s. But the Poppy Project said two 17-year-olds were offered jobs including webcam strippers, adult show hostesses and escort agency workers.
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