Covid-19: Child Trafficking Debate

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Department: Home Office

Covid-19: Child Trafficking

Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts
Tuesday 29th September 2020

(3 years, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord McFall of Alcluith Portrait The Senior Deputy Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
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I call the noble Lord, Lord McColl of Dulwich. No? I call the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss.

Baroness Butler-Sloss Portrait Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
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My Lords, would the Government consider rolling out across the country child guardians for the benefit of the foreign children who have been trafficked here?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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The noble and learned Baroness will probably know that we have already rolled them out in a third of local authorities in England and Wales. That work is progressing, starting with those areas with the highest need in requiring independent guardians for children who have been trafficked.