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Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Report stage - Mon 04 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) About a third to half the victims of modern slavery come to this country. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bshp - Bishops) The Global Slavery Index estimates that the rate of modern slavery in Rwanda is more than twice as high - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) noble friend Lady Hamwee raised the issue of modern slavery. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The UK has a proactive duty to identify victims of modern slavery. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration - Mon 04 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Holly Lynch (Lab - Halifax) The Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton, raised concerns about Government policy - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Windrush - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Curricula remain underweighted on issues of slavery, colonialism and imperialism. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Owen (Lab - Luton North) had trafficked a vulnerable 15-year-old child from Luton to sell drugs were sentenced under modern slavery - Speech Link
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) I am glad to hear that those two criminals were convicted under modern slavery laws. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) suppliers where necessary, including where there is evidence that a supplier is involved in modern slavery - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) a council leader attends a local government conference and expresses a view on human rights, modern slavery - Speech Link
3: Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD - Life peer) In the late 18th century, anti-slavery campaigners promoted the boycott of West Indies sugar. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) There are plenty of exceptions: for example, environmental misconduct and modern slavery. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) risk and will not prevent public bodies adhering to modern slavery guidelines. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) In the Modern Slavery Act 2015, promoted by the then Home Secretary Theresa May, an Independent Anti-Slavery - Speech Link
2: None As the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, said, according to the 2023 Global Slavery Index the prevalence of slavery - Speech Link
3: Lord Deben (Con - Life peer) We have a reputation in the world because of our Modern Slavery Act. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) One of those indicators is whether they claim to be victims of modern slavery. - Speech Link
5: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Section 22 of the Illegal Migration Act, on modern slavery, disapplies that. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) because I learned the other day that the newly appointed—after a period of 22 months—independent anti-slavery - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Windsor Framework (Constitutional Status of Northern Ireland) Regulations 2024 - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) If it was, a treaty effecting disenfranchisement or slavery would be unimpeachable because it rests in - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Blunkett (Lab - Life peer) Genuine refugees will find themselves in the hands of organised criminals and part of modern slavery. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) It seems to me that to some extent, subject to issues of modern slavery to which we will come in another - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) whether the arguments do not extend to some extreme offences other than sexual offences—violence, modern slavery - Speech Link