Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international counterparts to tackle human trafficking.

The UK Government continues to provide international leadership to end modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 by 2030. Under the UK's 2021 presidency of the G7, leaders committed to work collaboratively to eradicate forced labour, protect victims and improve transparency in global supply chains. The UK Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy, with the support of the FCDO, continues to coordinate these efforts internationally with multilateral and bilateral partners to address the key drivers of human trafficking.

The crisis in Ukraine has created an increased risk of human trafficking, in response we have allocated £220 million of humanitarian aid with a focus on protecting and supporting the most vulnerable groups, particularly women and girls. We continue to work with international partners to promote a coordinated UN and multilateral response and to drive forward our priorities on human trafficking. The UK Government will publish the review of the Modern Slavery Strategy in the coming months. This will set out our priorities over the coming years in tackling human trafficking internationally.