Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the head of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) on tackling modern slavery in the UK; and what programmes of work her Department undertakes in cooperation with the GLAA.

The Home Office has regular discussions with the Chief Executive of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and the Chair of the Board as part of its routine business and strategic planning on departmental priorities.

The Department is also supporting the GLAA as part of the reforms to labour market enforcement, which has included broadening the remit of the Authority, through the Immigration Act 2016, and giving it police powers to deal with serious cases of labour market abuse, including modern slavery. The Home Office will continue to work closely with the GLAA as the Director of Labour Market Enforcement develops the priorities for his annual strategy.