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Image source, bbcMs Martin says it is not only children in developing countries and that it happens in Scotland too.
The SNP MSP says no constituency is free of this and every one has someone paying for material online.
"We cannot shy away from talking about this dreadful phenomenon," she says.
She says lets keep attention on the issue and say firmly "not on my screen".
Image source, PAMs Martin says children from the Philippines are born into a life of crime and injustice.
The SNP MSP says these children are subject to abuse for those paying online with credit cards.
"All you need is a mobile phone or a web cam and a frightened child," she says.
She says Europe logs on and the abuse starts thousands of miles away.
"We stop the purchase and we stop the practice," she says.
Image source, bbcSNP MSP Gillian Martin brandishes the Locus Effect
SNP MSP Gillian Martin says "this book has been sitting on my desk", and I have been putting off reading it.
The book is the Locust Effect.
Ms Martin says it is about online child abuse and the work of the IJM.
The SNP MSP says cyber-sex trafficking "makes me so angry" and that many are powerless.
She says she read the first chapter and couldn't read more for weeks.
Image source, IJMTaken from the IJM website:
"IJM works through 17 field offices throughout Africa, Latin America, South and Southeast Asia. In each field office, our Justice System Transformation, external programs target everyday violence."
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SNP MSP Gillian Martin uses her motion to highlight the concerns raised by people around Scotland regarding the online exploitation and abuse of children.
Ms Martin commends the efforts of the International Justice Mission (IJM) in highlighting child slavery and exploitation overseas.
The SNP MSP says this abuse is supported and enabled by online purchasers in western countries, including Scotland.
She commends Police Scotland and the National Crime Agency on their work with the IJM to identify and prosecute the buyers and enablers of online child abuse and cybersex trafficking.
Ms Martin also commends them for raising awareness of the problem at a national and international level in order to stop this abuse of children.
Here is SNP MSP Gillian Martin's motion.
Image source, Scottish ParliamentMSPs unanimously nominate Daren Fitzhenry to Her Majesty The Queen for appointment as the Scottish Information Commissioner.
Image source, British Transport PoliceMSPs pass the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill
MSPs pass the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill, external.
68 MSPs voted for it, with 53 against.
We now move to decision time.
Tory MSP Margaret Mitchell moves the appointment of the Scottish Information Commissioner.
Ms Mitchell calls on the parliament to nominate Daren Fitzhenry to Her Majesty The Queen for appointment as the Scottish Information Commissioner under section 42 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson says he won't take a lecture on policing from a party that cut 20,000 police officers in England and Wales.
Mr Matheson says the Scottish government set out its position on the integration of the BTP in 2011.
He says the SNP have not rushed anything through and the idea the Bill has been railroaded through is simply not the case.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson
Labour MSP Neil Bibby says the minister is not listening to BTP officers who think this is a huge mistake.
The minister says staff have been offered a triple-lock and says this Bill will create a single command structure.
He says the benefits of an integrated force in Scotland will be making sure there will be a single command structure and Holyrood's scrutiny will increase.
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Justice Secretary Michael Matheson says Oliver Mundell was "ill-considered and shameful" in the way he attacked serving officers.
Mr Matheson calls for an apology.
He says to "slag off" police officers is ill-befitting to someone serving on the front bench of the Scottish Conservatives.
Tory MSP Margaret Mitchell says her party did not support the general principles of the Bill and will be voting against the Bill this evening.
Conservative MSP Margaret Mitchell says she takes no pleasure speaking in this debate as the SNP and Greens will vote to pass this Bill.
Ms Mitchell says this is despite the concerns from stakeholders and says their warnings have fallen on deaf ears.
She says the government has dogmatically stuck to the merger option ignoring warnings about the potentially dangerous consequences.
The Tory MSP says the BTPF stated in an open letter to MSPs that their questions have gone unanswered by the Scottish government.
Labour MSP Mary Fee says: "We have here today a Bill that is unnecessary and unwanted."
Ms Fee says there is little support from stakeholders for this Bill, which she says has been rushed.
The Labour MSP says her party does not support the proposed legislation and it will vote against the Bill at decision time.
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Lib Dem MSP Mike Rumbles says this is a piece of legislation that has not had its critics to seek.
Mr Rumbles declines interventions.
He says the minister decided that the majority of those in the sector are all wrong.
Mr Rumbles says this is the SNP's interpretation of the Smith Commission, as there were three options, with merger being the most risky.
The Lib Dem MSP says there are concerns about maintaining expertise.
He calls on the Parliament to reject the Bill.