Home Office written question – answered at on 17 October 2023.
Alison Thewliss
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when will appoint the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
Sarah Dines
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.
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