Baroness Williams of Trafford: Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires certain businesses with a turnover of £36m or more, equating to approximately 16,000 businesses, to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The prevalence of modern slavery and complexity of global supply chains means that it is highly unlikely that any company is immune...
Victoria Atkins: The Government continues to use communications as an essential means of raising public awareness of modern slavery. Building on the success of the 2014 ‘Slavery Happens Here’ campaign, the Home Office has carried out tailored communications activity to raise awareness of modern slavery in high-risk communities in the UK and overseas, most recently in Nigeria. In September 2017,...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: The UK is regarded as a world-leader for its response to modern slavery. The UK response is underpinned by the Modern Slavery Strategy 2014 and the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the first legislation of its kind. The Modern Slavery Strategy 2014 is structured around a ‘four Ps’ framework including a strategic pillar on prevent. The Home Office continues to work with a range of...
Rachel Maclean: ...in Xinjiang, and urges them to conduct appropriate due diligence and consider their corporate responsibilities when making investment decisions. With regard to transparency reporting on modern slavery, the UK was the first country in the world to require businesses to report on the steps they have taken to tackle modern slavery. The landmark provision in section 54 of the Modern Slavery...
Rachel Maclean: The Home Office has not engaged in discussions with Dyson on the prevention and remediation of modern slavery in their supply chains. Section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses operating in the UK with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The landmark ‘Transparency...
Karen Bradley: We are committed to tackling people trafficking and all forms of modern slavery. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 gives law enforcement agencies the tools they need to tackle modern slavery, ensures that perpetrators can receive suitably severe sentences up to life imprisonment, enhances support and protection for victims and places a duty on large businesses to report on what they are doing to...
Victoria Atkins: Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires certain businesses, in all sectors, including the digital industry and businesses supplying digital goods or services, with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The prevalence of modern slavery and complexity of global supply chains means...
Rachel Maclean: Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses, including supermarkets, with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The prevalence of modern slavery and complexity of global supply chains means that it is highly unlikely that any sector or company is immune from the risks of...
Baroness Williams of Trafford: Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires businesses with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The landmark ‘Transparency in Supply Chains’ provisions in the Modern Slavery Act have driven a change in business culture, spotlighting modern slavery risks on boardroom agendas and...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: The UK Government is committed to tackling all forms of modern slavery and achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7. We are taking active steps to identify and prevent modern slavery in government and partners' supply chains. In March 2020, we published the world's first Government Modern Slavery Statement, setting out steps taken to eradicate modern slavery from our supply chains....
Karen Bradley: The Act is already having a significant impact. All victims of modern slavery can now access the support they need. In 2015 alone, the police and CPS prosecuted 12 defendants using the new modern slavery offences and used Slavery and Trafficking Prevention and Risk Orders on at least 12 occasions. Over 100 businesses have published slavery and human trafficking statements. And the Independent...
Karen Bradley: The Act is already having a significant impact. All victims of modern slavery can now access the support they need. In 2015 alone, the police and CPS prosecuted 12 defendants using the new modern slavery offences and used Slavery and Trafficking Prevention and Risk Orders on at least 12 occasions. Over 100 businesses have published slavery and human trafficking statements. And the Independent...
Tobias Ellwood: We welcome the release of anti-slavery activists Biram Dah Abeid and Brahim Bilal Ramdhane following the decision of the Mauritanian Supreme Court. We also welcome the decision by the newly formed anti-slavery court to convict two men on charges of slavery. We continue to encourage the Mauritanian government to support the anti-slavery courts in prosecuting cases in full under the 2015...
Lord Sharpe of Epsom: Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial businesses who operate in the UK and have a turnover of £36 million or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. This transparency legislation was designed to enable consumers, investors and civil society to scrutinise business action and hold them to...
Victoria Atkins: The UK Government is committed to tackling the heinous crime of modern slavery and bringing those individuals responsible both in the UK and overseas to justice. The response is underpinned by the Modern Slavery Strategy 2014 and the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the first legislation of its kind in the world. The Government is identifying more victims of modern slavery and doing more to bring...
Amanda Solloway: Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 established the UK as the first country in the world to require businesses to report annually on steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. Compliance with section 54 is high. In 2019, the Home Office contracted the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) to undertake an audit of compliance with Section 54 of...
Victoria Atkins: Modern slavery is a barbaric crime that destroys the lives of victims across the globe. The Home Office works collaboratively with other government departments and agencies to tackle modern slavery and we monitor the Department’s direct spend on tackling modern slavery. This includes measures such as £8.5 million grant funding from the Police Transformation Fund to transform the police...
Paul Frew: I thank the Member for giving way. He makes a valid point. While slavery has been a stain on the history of every nation, it was the Royal Navy that worked so hard to end slavery in the traditional sense at that time. If it had not been for the Royal Navy and the British Empire, slavery might not have ended then. Of course, every nation, including Ireland, has had its run-ins with slavery....
Rachel Maclean: Modern slavery is an abhorrent crime. Tens of millions of victims around the world are coerced, deceived, and forced into a life of abuse, servitude, and inhumane treatment. This happens in the UK as well; to British citizens and to those trafficked from abroad. Today, on the UK’s Anti-Slavery Day, we pause to reflect on the trauma that victims suffer, the cruelty of those that exploit...
Kit Malthouse: trends in modern slavery in the UK. The 2019 report was published in October 2019 and can be found on gov.uk here: Modern Slavery Annual Report 2019. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_data/file/840059/Modern_Slavery_Re port_2019.pdf The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on potential victims referred to the National Referral...
