Part of Women and Equality – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 22 March 2007.
Peter Bone
Conservative, Wellingborough
10:30,
22 March 2007
Naturally, I am disappointed by the Minister's reply. The only country in Europe that has such a commissioner is the Netherlands. I am always keen to learn from good things in Europe, and as a result of the Netherlands experiment and the commissioner there, we have learned much more about human trafficking and the evils going on in that country. If we only had such a commissioner in this country, we could start to tackle the problem.
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