Robert Jenrick: A key objective of the route is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses. The Home Office has made ongoing enhancements to the route over the lifetime of its operation, most recently adding a mandatory minimum hours pay requirement to the Immigration Rules, ensuring that all workers will receive a guaranteed 32 hours of paid employment per...
Baroness Adams of Craigielea: To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average waiting period for an individual entering the National Referral Mechanism awaiting a reasonable grounds decision (1) before, and (2) after, the introduction of the updated guidance that came into effect this year.
Baroness Adams of Craigielea: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the expected impact of their Illegal Migration Bill on victims of modern slavery and human trafficking.
Ruth Cadbury: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the vacancy for the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner post.
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede: To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Northern Ireland Executive on the creation of a statutory defence for victims of modern slavery or trafficking who have committed an offence.
Peter Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the disclosure and reporting obligations of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and what steps she is taking to ensure that all qualifying companies fulfil their disclosure and reporting obligations under that Act.
Lord Murray of Blidworth: ...and annual statistics regarding the (NRM). The 2022 statistics can be found here; https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1139171/modern-slavery-n ational-referral-mechanism-and-duty-to-notify-statistics-uk- end-of-year-summary-2022.ods Data for Q1 2023 is due for publication on 04/05/2023. The data shows the number of NRM referrals...
Jessica Morden: ...fundraising for the Sanctuary Project. It was disappointing that the Government voted down the amendments to the Bill this week, including the amendments on improving support for victims of modern slavery, removing the Home Secretary’s power to detain and remove unaccompanied children, and the creation of a new national crime agency unit to crack down on the smuggler gangs. I hope that...
Felicity Buchan: ...proud of our Christian heritage and values. My hon. Friends the Members for Congleton and for Don Valley both mentioned William Wilberforce. It was his Christian faith that led to the abolition of slavery. It was his resolute Christian faith that prompted him to become interested in social reform, including the improvement of factory conditions in Britain. He firmly believed that the...
Stuart McDonald: ..., psychological and social recovery, including through a rest and recovery period, but clauses 22 and onwards of her Government’s awful Illegal Migration Bill expressly deny trafficking and slavery victims access to such support. I too have a lot of respect for the Attorney General, but she will lose support and respect if she continues to allow that Bill to proceed in blatant breach of...
Sarah Dines: The Government takes reports of labour exploitation and illegal working practices very seriously, including in the car wash sector. We remain committed to tackling modern slavery and will take full and robust enforcement action in such cases across all sectors. The Home Office and enforcement bodies (such as the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority) have supported industry initiatives in...
Alex Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on victims of slavery who have been trafficked into the UK.
Robert Jenrick: A key objective of the route is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses. The Home Office has made ongoing enhancements to the route over the lifetime of its operation, most recently adding a mandatory minimum hours pay requirement to the Immigration Rules, ensuring that all workers will receive a guaranteed 32 hours of paid employment per week.
Mick Antoniw: ...let's refer to what recently Theresa May, a former Conservative Prime Minister, said. She said, 'My fear with this Illegal Migration Bill is that it will drive a coach and horses through the Modern Slavery Act, denying support to those who have been exploited and enslaved and, in doing so, making it much harder to catch and stop the traffickers and slave drivers.' I think the UK Government...
Robert Jenrick: ...month. We have expanded our partnership with Rwanda to include the relocation of all those who pass through safe countries to make illegal and dangerous journeys to the United Kingdom. Our modern slavery reforms, introduced in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 to prevent those who seek to abuse our generosity from doing so, are bearing fruit. We are tackling the backlog in our asylum...
Peter Bone: .... The Minister dealt with her speech on an important subject at rapid speed. I am grateful that she has agreed to a meeting to look into the problems of the Illegal Migration Bill and modern day slavery. I thank her for that and I thank everyone for attending. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of human trafficking and modern slavery.
Navendu Mishra: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many people resident in the UK are victims of (a) human trafficking and (b) modern slavery.
Amendment proposed: 288, page 27, line 17, leave out subsection (2)—(Stephen Kinnock.) This amendment seeks to remove the Bill’s restrictions on the provision of modern slavery support to those subject to the provisions in clause 2.
Alison Thewliss: .... At the back of the Bill is the schedule, which may be of interest to hon. Members, as it contains a list of 57 countries, including countries from which people are known to be trafficked into sex slavery in this country. The Republic of Albania is the first on the list. We know, because the evidence supports it, that there are people—women—being trafficked to this country to be held...
