...House do not insist on its Amendment 57, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 57A. 57A: Because the Bill already makes sufficient provision to enable a potential victim of modern slavery to remain in the UK where the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the person to do so for the purpose of cooperating with a public authority which is investigating their exploitation.
...House do not insist on its Amendment 56, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 56A. 56A: Because the Bill already makes sufficient provision to enable a potential victim of modern slavery to remain in the UK where the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the person to do so for the purpose of cooperating with a public authority which is investigating their exploitation.
Lord Randall of Uxbridge: ...the Minister referred. I should refer to my interest as a deputy chairman of the Human Trafficking Foundation. Perhaps it should be called not the Human Trafficking Foundation but the “modern slavery foundation”, because there is a difference with human trafficking, which is what I think stop the boats is all about. By dint of modern slavery, everybody who is enslaved and arrives in...
...60, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 65, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 65A. 65A: Because it is necessary on grounds of public order to disapply protections for potential victims of modern slavery temporarily in response to the current scale of illegal migration.
Jane Hutt: ...responded, particularly in relation to the code of ethical supply chains in terms of ethical employment, which is crucially important, and, indeed, that also works with our guide to tackling modern slavery and human rights abuses that, as I said, has got a section on fair trade. I just want to finally, on this point, say that we are involved in a Trade Justice Wales pilot. That's worked to...
David Simmonds: ...of the things that could, operationally, derail what we all agree are worthy objectives in the Bill. I took part in the Joint Committee on Human Rights evidence session that considered modern slavery in detail, and that has convinced me to follow the lead of my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) this evening. We need to ensure that we live up to the standards we have...
Robert Jenrick: .... She has not done so. Her compassion is, to a degree, performative, because she does not come forward with alternatives that would genuinely support individuals. Let me move on to modern slavery. The provisions in the Bill relating to that have been of particular concern to my right hon. Friends the Members for Maidenhead and for Chingford and Woodford Green. I welcome the opportunity in...
Edward Argar: ...the offender. That requirement does not apply to the non-derogable rights set out in article 2, on the right to life; article 3, on the prohibition of torture; article 4(1), on the prohibition of slavery; and article 7, on no punishment without law. Of course, courts already consider risk to the public. However, the Bill ensures it is given greatest possible weight in the circumstances...
Robert Jenrick: Legal aid has been and will continue to be available for asylum cases, for victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery, for separated migrant children and for immigration cases where someone is challenging a detention decision. Where asylum support is granted, that individual will remain in receipt of asylum support until a decision is taken to discontinue the support. This could be where...
Lord Murray of Blidworth: .... For completeness, I add that no legislative consent Motion has been considered by the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government sought to bring forward such a Motion in relation to the modern slavery provisions in the Bill, but the Presiding Officer concluded that it did not meet the terms of the relevant standing order of the Scottish Parliament and consequently it was not debated....
Anne-Marie Trevelyan: ...the world. Among other work, importantly the UK Government are supporting the CPA’s project on strengthening parliamentary oversight and effectiveness in tackling gender-based violence and modern slavery project. The project will enable Commonwealth Parliaments to be more active and effective in addressing violence against women and girls, and the challenges of modern slavery. It will...
Neil Coyle: ...of Southwark has spoken about children detained under Home Office plans that he called “most alarming” and “unedifying”, the Home Office’s failure to tackle sexual exploitation and modern slavery, and other issues. It is hard to disagree with those contributions; I welcome them. One backer of this debate said that bishops have been intervening pointedly in politics. I would be...
...)”.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment adds a reference to certain of the new offences of sharing an intimate photograph or film to paragraph 33 of Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (offences to which the defence in section 45 does not apply). 25: Schedule 14, page 241, line 27, at end insert—“(axb) section 66B(2) (sharing intimate photograph or film with intent...
Lord Murray of Blidworth: ...already engaged and working tirelessly with international and domestic partners to tackle human trafficking. As I set out in Committee, we continue to support overseas programmes to fight modern slavery and human trafficking, including through the modern slavery fund, through which more than £37 million of funding has been provided by the Home Office since 2016. The work includes projects...
Lord Paddick: ...amendment is carried, at least there will be one line, or a few lines, in the Bill that will focus on the real problem, which is the criminal people smugglers and those who are carrying out modern slavery and trafficking, as the noble Baroness, Lady Meacher, said. The noble and learned Lord, Lord Garnier, said, in effect, that this amendment was not necessary because under Section 1(4) of...
Jess Phillips: ...and I urge the Government once again to look at statutory defences. Under the stewardship of the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), statutory defences were put into law in cases of modern slavery and human trafficking. I am afraid to say that, although the law is written well, the practice is not so good, as my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall pointed out, so much more work...
the Earl of Sandwich: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the proposed Holocaust Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens will affect the Buxton anti-slavery memorial location, in terms of (1) physical distance, (2) daylight, and (3) visitor numbers; and what research, if any, has been carried out by planners to obtain these answers.
Rebecca Evans: ...awarded to unsuitable suppliers. For example, we would not want public contracts being awarded to suppliers who have been convicted of offences such as corporate manslaughter, terrorism or modern slavery. For a debarment regime to work effectively, there needs to be one debarment list for the UK. It is important that all contracting authorities have one register detailing suppliers who...
Stewart Hosie: ...) fraud.” This amendment would extend the duty to collaborate to include victim support services for victims of fraud. Amendment 82, in clause 12, page 10, line 22, at end insert— “(d) modern slavery.” This amendment would extend the duty to collaborate to include victim support services for victims of modern slavery.
Edward Argar: ...North, and for Rotherham, for their amendments, which seek to expand the duty to collaborate so that under that duty, support services must be provided to victims of fraud, victims of modern slavery and child victims. The duty to collaborate will require local commissioning bodies such as police and crime commissioners, local authorities and integrated care boards in England to work...
