Laura Farris: ...level 3 on the standard scale (up to £1,000). In gathering evidence of a Section 53A offence, the police will prioritise actions that may lead to charges for more serious offences, such as modern slavery or causing or inciting or controlling prostitution for gain. The penalty for modern slavery is up to life imprisonment and for the latter offence up to 7 years’ imprisonment. The Home...
Chris Philp: ...overseas to cultivation in the UK. Our approach recognises that the organised criminals behind drug cultivation are often involved in a range of wider offences including firearms, money laundering, slavery and human trafficking. Working with the National Crime Agency, the Regional Organised Crime Unit network and a range of agency partners, police in England and Wales coordinated Operation...
Andrew Stephenson: ...on Multinational Enterprises. The Government is clear that it expects all UK businesses to respect human rights throughout their operations, in line with the UNGPs. Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations that supply goods/services and have a total turnover over £36 million to publish a transparency statement annually to set out what steps they have...
Anne-Marie Trevelyan: The UK is committed to eradicating all forms of modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking anywhere in the world. Lord [Tariq] Ahmad, Minister for South Asia, raised his concerns about the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan and the need for legal action to protect minority faith communities with Human Rights and Law Minister Azam Tarar on 15 April. The UK's Aawaz II...
Mike Freer: Legal aid is available for asylum cases, for immigration matters for victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery, for separated migrant children and for immigration detention cases. Once commenced, individuals who receive a removal notice under the Illegal Migration Act (IMA) will have access to merits and means free legal advice in relation to the removal notice. We have taken action to...
Edward Leigh: ..., as I said in an intervention on my hon. Friend the Father of the House, that we could have sorted this out eight years ago by having a fantastic memorial in the gardens of a similar size to the slavery memorial—also an incredibly important issue. I have never been in favour of the underground learning centre. Because this is such a vital issue and we have a duty to the Jewish...
Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of modern-day slavery in (1) the United Arab Emirates, (2) Saudi Arabia, (3) Kuwait, (4) Oman, (5) Qatar, and (6) Jordan, particularly in relation to the kafala system.
Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made on modern slavery to the governments of (1) the United Arab Emirates, (2) Saudi Arabia, (3) Kuwait, (4) Oman, (5) Qatar, and (6) Jordan; and what response they received from each.
Guy Opperman: ...Those bodies must give due consideration to ESG in their purchasing. More particularly, under the Cabinet Office public procurement notice 02/23 they have to be mindful and cognisant of modern day slavery in the supply chain. Public sector suppliers must comply with all the applicable human rights and employment laws, as set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. As was rightly set out,...
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Alan Mak: The UK is committed to confronting the scourge of modern-day slavery and working in partnership with producing countries to achieve sustainability in all supply chains, including the garment trade. The Government's Overseas Business Risk guidance makes clear to UK companies the risks of operating in certain regions and urges them to conduct appropriate due diligence when making business...
Therese Coffey: ...right around the world, not only in the traditional forms of education or helping with care, in hospitals or palliative care settings, but increasingly in trying to tackle things such as modern slavery.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: ...with the CPA and is proud to support work being done by the CPA and its regional branch, CPA UK. This includes developing benchmarks as indicators of parliamentary democracy and addressing modern slavery in supply chains and gender-based violence with parliaments and parliamentarians across the Commonwealth. The noble Lord, St John of Bletso, reminded us of the important work of...
Andrew Bridgen: ...the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Review into the Boohoo Group PLC’s Leicester supply chain, published on 24 September 2020, what recent steps he has taken to tackle modern slavery.
Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Matthew Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to tackle modern slavery in the maritime industry.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon: The UK is committed to eradicating all forms of modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking anywhere in the world. In Pakistan, our Aawaz II Accountability, Inclusion and Reducing Modern Slavery Programme and Asia Regional Child Labour Programme are working with partners, including the Government of Pakistan, to reduce child and bonded labour. Meanwhile, our Girls and Out of School...
...“sexual activity with”— paragraph 152 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003; paragraph 35 of Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003; paragraph 33 of Schedule 4 to the Modern Slavery Act 2015; paragraph 38(ba) of Schedule 18 to the Sentencing Code.” —(Laura Farris.) This new clause replaces the offence under section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 with an offence...
...image). 11 An offence under section 62 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (possession of prohibited image of child). 12 An offence under either of the following provisions of the Modern Slavery Act 2015— (a) section 1 (slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour); (b) section 2 (human trafficking). 13 An offence under either of the following provisions of the Serious Crime Act...
Carolyn Harris: ...to operate in plain sight. I urge the Government to support my new clause. New clause 29 is also designed to combat human trafficking. The definition of “human trafficking” in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is out of line with the internationally agreed definition, and traffickers are benefiting from that. The United Nations protocol on trafficking, the Palermo protocol, does not require...
