Modern Slavery Bill

My Lords, I am extremely pleased that Clause 48 is part of the Bill. It recognises that trafficke...

My Lords—

My Lords, I simply want to ask a question relating to the speech of the noble Lord, Lord McColl. ...

My Lords, I wish to speak to my Amendment 59A in this group. First, however, I would like to comm...

My Lords, one of the most important aims of the Bill is undoubtedly to better protect children fr...

My Lords, I support the government amendments and Amendment 60, which stands in my name and that ...

My Lords, while welcoming very much the enormous progress that has been made—I have no doubt that...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness for moving her amendment. I will speak to my amendm...

I thank the Minister but I did not get that letter, and I think that many other noble Lords did n...

I apologise for that.

I just checked on my iPad and I did not get it.

I am sorry about that.

Could I have it?

Of course; that goes without saying. A copy was placed in the Library. I readily accept, having b...

The Minister is being very clear that there is no difference between “reason to believe” and “rea...

I totally agree with that. I also recognise that the guidance will be a key part of filling in so...

My Lords, I just wondered why the Minister had not made any comments about my Amendment 59A. I wa...

I am sorry about that. I do not appear to have a note relating to that amendment. Just looking at...

My Lords, I am happy to await any sort of further answer the Minister may have to my point. I was...

I can say that the response was given in my answer but I did not highlight it as being in respons...

My Lords, I wanted to make a small number of points. First, I add my thanks to those offered to t...

Gillick.

Yes, Gillick. She did not want her teenage daughters to receive advice on either the pill or othe...

Moved by

Lord Bates

54: Clause 48, page 37, line 24, after “persons (“” insert “indep...

Moved by

Lord Bates

57: Clause 48, page 37, line 25, leave out “is reason” and insert...

Moved by

Lord Bates

61: Clause 48, page 37, line 33, at end insert—

“( ) A pers...

Moved by

Lord McColl of Dulwich

62: Clause 48, page 37, line 34, leave out “may” and ...

Moved by

Lord Bates

63: Clause 48, page 37, line 34, after “about” insert “independen...

Moved by

Lord Bates

66: Clause 48, page 37, line 37, leave out second “a” and insert ...

Moved by

Lord Bates

68: Clause 48, page 37, line 39, at end insert—

“( ) requir...

Moved by

Lord Bates

70: Clause 48, page 37, line 40, after “of” insert “independent”<...

Moved by

Lord Bates

72: Clause 48, page 37, line 41, leave out from “authorities” to ...

Moved by

Lord McColl of Dulwich

74: Clause 49, page 38, line 5, after “guidance” inse...

I speak to amendments to Clause 49. First, I have tabled Amendment 74 because I am keen to ensure...

My Lords, I will speak in favour of Amendment 78 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McColl, to C...

My Lords, I wish to speak in support of Amendment 78, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord McColl,...

My Lords, I am very pleased to speak in support of Amendment 78, in the names of the noble Lord, ...

My Lords, I want to speak briefly on what might appear to be a rather discordant note. I support ...

My Lords, we dealt in the previous group of amendments with the distinction, or lack of it, betwe...

My Lords, we are not directly associated with any of the amendments in this group, but the propon...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 74, moved by my noble friend Lord McColl, to the amendments ...

Before the noble Lord sits down, does he happen to know whether the Northern Irish legislation in...

I always slightly quake in my boots when my noble and learned friend asks me a question, because ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contribution, and I especially thank the Minister for his...

Moved by

Lord Bates

76: Clause 49, page 38, line 10, leave out “is reason” and insert...

Moved by

Lord Bates

81: Clause 49, page 38, line 18, at end insert—

“( ) If the...

Moved by

Lord Bates

82: After Clause 49, insert the following new Clause—

“Regu...

Moved by

Lord Bates

83: Clause 50, page 38, line 22, leave out “reason” and insert “r...

Moved by

Lord Bates

87: Clause 51, page 38, line 36, leave out “reason” and insert “r...

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal

88: Clause 51, page 39, line 7, leave out from “(...

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 89 and 108 in this group. The Delegated Powers and Reg...

Moved by

Baroness Garden of Frognal

89: Clause 51, page 39, line 10, leave out subsec...

Moved by

Lord Hylton

90: After Clause 51, insert the following new Clause—

“Pro...

My Lords, I apologise for the absence from this debate of my noble friend Lady Cox. She is overse...

My Lords, I support Amendment 90, which would end the unacceptable situation regarding the curren...

My Lords, several of the amendments to this important Bill have been introduced as filling a gap ...

My Lords, my name is also attached to this amendment and since the start of the Bill it is one of...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly in support of the amendment. Rereading our debate in Committe...

My Lords, I fear that I am going to be speaking against the very powerful speeches that have alre...

My Lords, when the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, was speaking, I began to feel a little sympathy f...

My Lords, it is clear that protection from slavery for overseas workers is an enormously importan...

My Lords, I support the amendment. I think that anybody who heard the recent Radio 4 programme an...

My Lords, I support much of what has been said on all sides. It is clear that this is a matter wh...

My Lords, at the previous stage, I commented on the irony that the history of the arrangements fo...

My Lords, it is no coincidence that I should be following my noble friend Lady Hanham in so far a...

I would like to comment very briefly on the speeches of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butl...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a trustee and a member of the council of the campaigning organ...

My Lords, I did not intend to take part in this debate. Having listened to the passionate speech ...

My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, for moving his amendment. I appreciate wh...

My Lords, I would like to thank most warmly all those who have taken part in this debate, which h...

Moved by

The Lord Bishop of Derby

92: After Clause 51, insert the following new Claus...

My Lords, I thank my colleagues, the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy...

My Lords, I am a signatory to this amendment and am very happy to speak briefly in support of it ...

My Lords, I, too, rise to support Amendment 92 in the name of the right reverend Prelate the Bish...

My Lords, I take this opportunity to add my thanks to my noble friend the Minister for the spirit...

I congratulate the right reverend Prelate on having introduced the amendment so well, in his char...

I shall say a few words in support of the amendment that the right reverend Prelate has moved, as...

My Lords, I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Derby for having moved the am...

I thank the Minister for what I take to be an encouraging response. I do not know a lot of the de...