Pro Bono Work

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Solicitor-General – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 15 October 2009.

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Photo of Anthony Steen Anthony Steen Conservative, Totnes 10:30, 15 October 2009

I wonder whether the Solicitor-General is aware that many pro bono lawyers act on behalf of the victims of human trafficking to get money from the traffickers. What my hon. Friend Mr. Bone has mentioned is the real problem. The Solicitor-General may be aware from meetings with the Director of Public Prosecutions-otherwise she will just have to accept it from me-that most traffickers have immense amounts of money outside the jurisdiction. That is why most of the police raids never find money. What can she do to extend the jurisdiction, so that traffickers pay the victims whom they traffic?