Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with International partners on how best to co-ordinate action to tackle child trafficking.

The UK continues to drive efforts to eradicate all forms of modern slavery in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 by 2030.  We work closely with international partners, including the UN, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the Commonwealth, to encourage joint action on priorities including ending the worst forms of child labour and the exploitation of women and girls.

We support the International Labour Organisation and UNICEF through our Asia Regional Child Labour Programme which has linked 3.6 million children at risk of the worst forms of child labour with social protection schemes.