Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to conduct a consultation with civil society during the summer of 2015 concerning the guidance available to businesses on what to include in their slavery and human trafficking statements.

Statutory guidance on transparency in supply chains will be published to coincide with the commencement of the transparency provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We have already held a public consultation on what the statutory guidance should cover and received responses from a wide range of civil society and private sector organisations. These responses are being taken into account in the development of guidance.