Home Office written question – answered at on 1 August 2023.
Baroness Hamwee
Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to appoint an Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
The role of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) as set out in the 2015 Modern Slavery Act is to encourage good practice in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of slavery and human trafficking offences and the identification of victims.
The Home Secretary recognises the importance of the IASC and had launched a new open competition to recruit for this role on the 23 February 2023, the process for which is now at an advanced stage.
Yes5 people think so
No5 people think not
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