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Modern Slavery Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Bates (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 23 February 2015. It occurred during Debate on bills on Modern Slavery Bill.

It is difficult to know how to respond to that, although I obviously welcome the noble Lord’s clarification. Of course, I accept that the two words have different meanings in a grammatical sense. However, I was referring to the legal context, in which we believe that the term “circumstances” is broad enough to cover any relevant characteristics of the victim. I know that that is using both words in the same sentence but we believe that the term is wide enough to cover

both elements. Again, I am happy to look at that point further to make sure that we have got this absolutely right and, if necessary, I will write to the noble Lord.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
759 c1416 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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