Human Trafficking: EC Action
Women and Equality
Written answers and statements, 21 February 2008
Peter Bone (Wellingborough, Conservative)
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when the Government intend to ratify the Council of Europe convention against trafficking in human beings.
Barbara Follett (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Government Equalities Office; Stevenage, Labour)
This Government are determined to prioritise efforts to tackle this horrific crime. That is why we intend to ratify the convention before the end of this year, subject to achieving necessary changes to domestic legislation in all parts of the UK.