If he will meet his counterparts in Romania and Bulgaria to discuss human trafficking.

I met Bulgaria's Europe Minister earlier this month and discussed a range of rule of law issues. The Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend Mr. Coaker, has recently visited both Romania and Bulgaria to discuss a number of issues, including those relating to human trafficking.

In light of the Foreign Office's responsibility for dealing with human trafficking under the Government's action plan, does the Minister think it sensible to discuss with his opposite number the possibility of our embassies in both Bucharest and Sofia doing more to raise awareness of the scale of human trafficking in Bulgaria and Romania? Hundreds and thousands of children from poor Roma communities are sold into slavery every year, so should not our embassy be doing more? Could we not lead a crusade in eastern Europe with other embassies to raise the whole profile of the trafficking problem in eastern Europe?

The hon. Gentleman raises entirely reasonable points and I hope that he is reassured that our embassies in both Bulgaria and Romania are working very hard on these issues. That is not to say that we cannot continue to look for additional initiatives and energies to expend. He rightly draws attention to the trafficking of children in particular, and it may help the House if I say that intelligence reports have identified a network of ethnic Roma criminals involved in the trafficking of Romanian Roma children, particularly to the UK. Police forces in the UK have identified more than 200 children being exploited in London and beyond. We are grateful for the co-operation that we have with the Governments of Bulgaria and Romania, but there is more that we can do together.

Is my hon. Friend quite satisfied that the Russian Federation is doing enough to halt the flow of trafficked people through its territory?

I know that the Russian Federation is committed to controls on people trafficking, but it is certainly the case that, across the European Union and the wider sphere of Europe, there is far too much people trafficking, with criminal gangs exploiting the vulnerability of often frail and desperate people in a vile and sick trade. We do all we can in the EU through the European neighbourhood policy and much else besides, but if my hon. Friend has specific additional points that she would like Her Majesty's Government to address with the Russian Federation, I am always happy to listen.

I would like to re-emphasise the concern over child trafficking, especially of babies, for all sorts of purposes—slavery, sex and so forth. The Minister says that we can do more. What does he have in mind?

The fact is that as these criminal gangs become more sophisticated, we always have to develop new ways to deal with them. Working with Save the Children in Romania is one important example of what we need to do, and the voluntary return of children, if their safety and well-being can be guaranteed, is another. We continue to discuss such issues with the Governments of both Bulgaria and Romania. As I say, as the challenge changes and these gangs become more sophisticated and in some ways more subtle, we have to be equally determined and flexible in our efforts.