Modern Slavery Bill

My Lords, in introducing Amendments 3 and 6 to Clauses 54 and 57, which are based on Amendments 9...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendments 3 and 6 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Alton of L...

My Lords, I support these amendments and thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton, for his leadership. I ...

My Lords, I support the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Alton. The Minister has referred ...

My Lords, I strongly support Part 6 of the Bill but, as the Minister knows very well, there is qu...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the ex-vice-chair of the Ethical Trading Initiative. I have sp...

I certainly took from the Minister’s long and careful response to the amendments on this clause a...

My Lords, Third Reading is an occasion for tributes and I hope that the Minister is not too embar...

My Lords, I, too, add my name in support of the noble Lord’s amendment, which I believe will be h...

I will make one or two brief comments. I certainly do not want to repeat all the powerful argumen...

First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Alton —I think I want to thank him—for his amendment. In esse...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for the way he has addressed the issue. Whatever the outc...

Moved by

Lord Bates

4: Before Clause 55, insert the following new Clause—

“Gang...

My Lords, this amendment inserts a new clause before Clause 55. I thank noble Lords for the excel...

My Lords, I thank the Minister. This is another excellent example of listening, learning and work...

My Lords, I have no problem with the amendment but have picked up a concern that, although it is ...

The comment that I wanted to make was in line with that made by the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich. I ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the right reverend Prelate for welcoming this amendment. I again thank...

Moved by

Lord Bates

5: Clause 57, page 44, line 33, at end insert—

“( ) regulat...

Moved by

Lord Bates

7: Clause 57, page 45, line 7, at end insert “, or

(ii) the...

Moved by

Lord Bates

My Lords, the new advice from the Procedure Committee is that it is at this stage, in moving that...

I thank the Minister for his very kind comments. I, too, add my appreciation for the work that bo...

My Lords, from the Liberal Democrat Benches I also thank all those who have already been mentione...

My Lords, I want to very briefly say from these Benches what a privilege it has been to participa...