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

Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) of human trafficking or a victim of modern slavery. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) That is our mechanism for assessing claims of having been trafficked or being a victim of modern slavery - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) that where indicators that someone is a victim of modern slavery are identified by first responders, - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bertin (Con - Life peer) I whole- heartedly support Amendment 78. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) whether the arguments do not extend to some extreme offences other than sexual offences—violence, modern slavery - Speech Link
3: Baroness Newlove (Con - Life peer) As one victim told me:“I had good support for the criminal court. Good preparation. - Speech Link
4: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornton, which seek to require the development of proposals for schemes - Speech Link
5: Baroness Newlove (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I support all these amendments. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Knife and Sword Ban - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) be the moment when an individual who is sliding into serious violence, whether as a perpetrator or a victim - Speech Link
2: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) One in six children between the ages of 13 and 17 reported being a victim of violence last year, and - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) That funds interventions such as mentoring schemes, apprenticeships, work experience and even cognitive - Speech Link
4: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) in the Serious Crime Act are very wide-ranging—in fact, more wide-ranging than those in the Modern Slavery - Speech Link
5: Chris Philp (Con - Croydon South) If those sections of the Serious Crime Act and the Modern Slavery Act contain lacunae, I would be willing - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Mon 05 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The victim surcharge provides a contribution towards MoJ-funded victim and witness support services. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) from the violence against women and girls sector and was shared by the children’s sector and modern slavery - Speech Link
3: None support roles(1) The Secretary of State must issue guidance about specified victim support roles.(2) - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) Victim Support states that this is often the reason why victim-survivors do not seek support sooner.The - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) The Opposition do not support the Bill or the schemes that underpin it. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Durham (Bshp - Bishops) According to the 2023 Global Slavery Index, prevalence of modern slavery in Rwanda is more than twice - Speech Link
3: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) Slavery was odious, not recognised in the pure air of England. - Speech Link
4: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) under Article 4 of the ECHR and Article 10 of ECAT: obligations to identify and assist every potential victim - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) about a relocated individual relating to any special needs that may arise as a result of their being a victim - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
2nd reading - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) One is the victims’ code and the other is victim support services. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) I have seen that in other inquiries and compensation schemes, not least Windrush and Leveson—on which - Speech Link
3: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) I heard the Minister’s arguments about transparency in his opening remarks, but the charity Victim Support - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) For example, Victim Support argues that, without it, victims with insecure immigration status“will be - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I note the excellent briefing from Victim Support, which calls for the Government to commit in the Bill - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Home Affairs Committee - Thu 14 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) , as there are clear links with money laundering and other criminal activity.Crucially, we say that victim - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
2nd reading - Tue 05 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) Moreover, many Christmas and similar savings schemes are not protected in the event of business insolvency - Speech Link
2: Lord Tyrie (Non-affiliated - Life peer) I too strongly support the Bill. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) for example, who decides what content is appropriate for public consumption, such as on colonisation, slavery - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) We have all fallen victim to this, with some notable sinners such as the airline industry, which daily - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) We have implemented comprehensive modern slavery and domestic abuse laws, and outlawed insidious harms - Speech Link
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) He has talked about victim-focused support; I draw his attention to things like Operation Soteria, which - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) including sentence enforcement, pro bono expertise in victim and witness protection, and secondments - Speech Link
4: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) Legal aid is available for asylum cases, for victims of domestic abuse and modern slavery, for separated - Speech Link
5: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) will they guarantee that funding for RAAC removal will not come at the expense of existing maintenance schemes - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) For adults, missing can be an indicator of exploitation, trafficking, modern slavery, or a warning sign - Speech Link
2: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) She understands better than most people what it is to be a victim. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bryan of Partick (Lab - Life peer) settlements for Scotland and Northern Ireland, undermining their existing legislation on modern-day slavery - Speech Link
4: Lord Macdonald of River Glaven (XB - Life peer) The figures no doubt reflect, in part, the inadequate provision of rehabilitative schemes. - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) The definition of a victim in the Victims and Prisoners Bill is“a victim of criminal conduct”,so victims - Speech Link