Modern Slavery Bill

My Lords, a focus on the victims is absolutely right. At this stage, though, I want to make a poi...

My Lords, I would like to just draw attention to a very small point in this amendment, which on t...

My Lords, this is an amendment which I have only just seen since I was out of the country until t...

My Lords, I echo what the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, said, and I welcome and ...

My Lords, I add my voice in support of Amendment 1A, which proposes a new Clause 1. All of us in ...

My Lords, I underscore what the noble Baroness, Lady Lawrence, has just said about the reason for...

My Lords, whatever the technicalities involved in placing a clause at the beginning of a Bill, I ...

My Lords, for the reasons that have already been stated, and another one, I think that the amendm...

My Lords, not being a lawyer, I sometimes become confused by lawyers’ talk, although mercifully I...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Rosser, for proposing the amendment and to all ot...

I thank the Minister for his response. Having heard what he said, I am not quite sure what the di...

I would very much like to see a good clause that envisaged the sort of considerations that the no...

Following on from what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay, said, might it be sensible to loo...

I am more than happy to consider that. I think I have made clear that I am not going to any barri...

All the way through this, we have tried to listen very carefully to suggestions as to how the Bil...

I am very grateful to the Minister for what he said, which is most helpful. I really appreciate t...

Moved by

Baroness Hamwee

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 19, after “circumstances” insert “...

My Lords, I also have Amendments 3, 5, 6 and 100 in this group, all of which are directed to the ...

My Lords, I shall speak to our Amendment 8 as well as to Amendment 100 and government Amendments ...

My Lords, I welcome government Amendment 7, which provides clarity about the role of consent in t...

My Lords, I support Amendments 4, 7 and 101, which are government amendments. I am very happy to ...

I shall speak to Amendment 100, which is also in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee. As ...

My Lords, I support the three government amendments and I shall also speak to Amendment 100. This...

I am grateful to noble Lords for tabling amendments relating to the offence of slavery, servitude...

The noble Lord has helpfully mentioned the issue of vulnerability. In relation to Clause 1(4), do...

We will come back to this excellent question from the noble Lord, Lord Hylton. I will get some mo...

My Lords, I thought that I would have to find about seven minutes’ worth of response so that we d...

Moved by

Lord Bates

4: Clause 1, page 1, line 20, leave out “their age,” and insert “...

Moved by

Lord Bates

7: Clause 1, page 1, line 21, at end insert—

“(5) The conse...

Moved by

Baroness Doocey

9: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“O...

My Lords, the amendment introduces a new, separate child exploitation clause aimed at filling the...

My Lords, we have Amendments 24 and 26 in this group, which have a very similar theme to that of ...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 9 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey. After...

My Lords, I rise briefly to support the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, to which I ...

My Lords, I would like to inject a cautionary note to this debate. Like everyone else in this Hou...

I shall speak to Amendment 29. First, I should declare my interests. I am the son of a couple who...

My Lords, I stand as an Anglican priest alongside the noble Lord, Lord James. We need to be remin...

My Lords, I would ask for some clarification. I am becoming very confused about the difference be...

My Lords, “cautionary” strikes the right note. I am glad that the noble and learned Baroness adde...

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lady Doocey and Lord James of Blackheath, and the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, before the Minister sits down, perhaps I may seek clarification on one point. One of th...

It is an argument not so much for the amendment as for the Bill. The argument for the Bill bringi...

I am prepared not to press my amendment provided that the Minister can confirm to me that he is s...

Yes, I would be happy to do that. Perhaps the best way of doing so would be in writing to my nobl...

In view of that, I shall not press my amendment.

My Lords, I am very grateful to all noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. It is an ...

Before the noble Baroness goes any further, I wish to reinforce the point that she made. She refe...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for that interjection, which is very timely and demo...

Is the noble Baroness absolutely convinced—because she sounds as though she is—that simply having...

Yes, the answer is that I do. The reason I do is because everyone who works with children and wor...