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Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) first “the” substitute “any”.”This new clause brings the definition of human trafficking in the Modern Slavery - Speech Link
2: Paul Beresford (Con - Mole Valley) there are provisions in the Serious Crime Act—which I have just mentioned—as well as in the Modern Slavery - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Act: Northern Ireland - Tue 14 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) between the 2023 Act and the Human Rights Act 1998 on the duty to remove, obligations to potential victims - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict - Tue 14 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) Victims and survivors deserve to be listened to, validated and believed. - Speech Link
2: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) The captive women and children were used for sexual slavery and trafficking. - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) did by centring victims and their views. - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Everything relating to sexual violence—including rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy and forced marriages—is - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Modern Slavery National Referral Mechanism: Waiting Times - Mon 13 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Butler-Sloss (XB - Life peer) Can the Minister say how the NRM will deal with potential victims of modern slavery when the Illegal - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Slavery Act, was published in 2021? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Can the Minister say that the systems do not put victims of modern slavery at further risk? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Young of Hornsey (XB - Life peer) My Lords, I declare my relevant interests: I am a patron of Anti-Slavery International, one of the sponsors - Speech Link
2: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) I was unable to persuade the then coalition Government to accept an amendment to make it easier for victims - Speech Link
3: Lord Offord of Garvel (Con - Life peer) Slavery Act 2015, but the Government recognise that there is more to do. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 07 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: None essence, paragraph 8 applies only to conduct that would amount to a criminal offence in relation to slavery - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) public bodies, not least very positive legislation that this Government have implemented on modern slavery - Speech Link
3: None significant effects on the ability of communities to support the Uighur minority in China, who are victims - Speech Link
4: None This includes serious risks such as modern slavery and human trafficking, and the Cabinet Office has - Speech Link
5: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) giving guidance on that, because they do so at the moment through the UN guiding principles, the Modern Slavery - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Security in the Western Balkans - Thu 02 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) displaced.Sadly, those who seek to break up Bosnia today use the past as a weapon, inverting it to retraumatise victims - Speech Link
2: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) The UK Government are helping to support a great deal of work to tackle modern slavery. - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) combating antisemitism, on Christians more recently, and on the international day for commemorating the victims - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules - Wed 01 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) agency tasked with tackling exploitation, noted that the most common vulnerability among potential victims - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) an interesting approach to consultation.I am a member of the Select Committee reviewing the Modern Slavery - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001;(c) an offence under any of sections 1, 2 or 4 of the Modern Slavery - Speech Link
2: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) This is a victims’ Bill, and it seems to me that we really need to be doing things to support victims - Speech Link
3: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Victims, and only victims, still have only 28 days to apply. - Speech Link
4: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) granted in this Bill by the requirements for a victims’ code to victims of crime. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Pakistan: UK Aid - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) It has signed international treaties that outlaw slavery, as does its constitution. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) Fifthly, provision of funds is recommended for shelter homes for the victims of forced conversions and - Speech Link
3: Lord Harries of Pentregarth (XB - Life peer) and conversions was produced, though estimates vary between 300 to 1,000 per year with only 16.67% of victims - Speech Link