My Lords, it seems that all three amendments in this group have the potential of being helpful to overseas domestic workers who, I am sorry to say, have been exploited and abused over a very long period of years in this country, with almost total impunity for the wrongdoers. On Monday, the Government helpfully said that they were looking to enhance protection for overseas domestic workers, but I have looked at Clauses 45 to 50 and I can find nothing helpful there. I have also looked at Clause 15, which deals with prevention orders, and there again the procedure has to be through the police. We know perfectly well that many domestic workers do not have access to the police—they cannot get to them. I hope that the Government are able to say something helpful about this group.
Modern Slavery Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hylton
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 3 December 2014.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Modern Slavery Bill.
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