But the registration is also about control; in the words of the minister for justice, ‘Compulsory registration increases the visibility and the grip on the sex sector and retrieves prostitutes from anonymity’ (idem, 51-8-59). All the secular parties objected to registration on the grounds of the right to privacy. 30, Derde Nota van Wijziging, ). This leaves open the question how a client is then supposed to check whether the sex worker was registered or not; an issue which has been left to later regulation.