Slavery: Northern Ireland
(asked on 23rd January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the Government is providing to the Northern Ireland Assembly on the implementation of that administration's modern slavery strategy.
This question was answered on 29th January 2018
Modern slavery is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, with the executive in Northern Ireland recently bringing in primary legislation regarding human trafficking as well as publishing a Northern Ireland Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Strategy in 2016/17. Home Office officials meet regularly with their counterparts in the NI Department of Justice to discuss emerging trends and share best practice.