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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Feb 2017
Criminal Finances Bill

"Very few. I am diverting myself, because I deliberately said “a cloud in every silver lining” not “a silver lining in every cloud.”

The short point is that schedule 17 to the 2013 Act contains about 50 economic and financial criminal offences that can be dealt with through deferred prosecution …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Feb 2017
Criminal Finances Bill

"My new clause 2 was drafted and tabled before Christmas. Since then, I have had a number of meetings with my hon. Friend the Minister and we have also seen the Ministry of Justice’s call for evidence in relation to corporate criminal liability. In the light of what he has …..."
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Written Question
Human Trafficking
Monday 9th January 2017

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to collect data on outcomes of victims of human trafficking referred to in the national referral mechanism after they have co-operated with police and provided evidence to assist with prosecutions.

Answered by Sarah Newton

As part of our work to evaluate the National Referral Mechanism pilot, we are looking at what data should be gathered in future.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2016
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

"I do not for one moment undervalue the intentions of those who set up this inquiry and those who are working with it, although it has had a very rocky road since it was begun. Nor do I underestimate for one moment the trauma felt by those who have been …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Criminal Finances Bill

"I take the point that my neighbour, the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), makes, but often when a criminal is sentenced, along with a compensation order or a proceeds of crime order, he is sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in the event that he does …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Criminal Finances Bill

"I begin by declaring an interest. I have been instructed in the past, and I am currently instructed, by the Serious Fraud Office in a number of matters that touch on this Bill and some of its predecessor legislation.

I apologise to my right hon. and hon. Friends on the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Criminal Finances Bill

"What the hon. Gentleman says is perfectly true, but I am not sure whether that constitutes accepting what he says. The point I am trying to get across is that companies can avoid liability in the absence of the “failure to prevent” system under section 7 of the Bribery Act. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Oct 2016
Criminal Finances Bill

"As a first step, would the hon. Gentleman encourage the Government to look at the schedule to the 2013 Act, where the economic and financial crimes are set out, to see whether we could get “failure to prevent” provisions added to this Bill on a wider basis? Perhaps the hon. …..."
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Written Question
Anti-slavery Day
Monday 10th October 2016

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to mark Anti-Slavery Day 2016; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Sarah Newton

Anti-Slavery Day on 18 October is an important opportunity to continue to raise awareness of this appalling crime. We have made good progress in tackling it, but there is more to do.

A range of events will mark the day and the Government will announce its plans in due course.

Written Question
Anti-Slavery Day
Monday 12th September 2016

Asked by: Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to mark Anti-Slavery Day and to acknowledge the work of non-governmental organisations, local authorities and people involved in tackling slavery; and if she will make a statement.

Answered by Sarah Newton

Local authorities, Non-Governmental Organisations and the statutory agencies all make a vital contribution to the fight against modern slavery. Various events will mark Anti-Slavery Day and I will announce my own plans in due course.