Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Peter Bone (Conservative), on Monday, 19 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 73 members in total.

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MISSING TRAFFICKED CHILDREN AND FOSTER CARE

That this House welcomes the Government's recent efforts to highlight and combat the urgent issue of children being trafficked to the UK; is deeply concerned by the high numbers of these children who once identified go missing from local authority care; notes that child victims of trafficking who are not being appropriately supported or protected are vulnerable to further exploitation from their traffickers who, in the Home Affairs Committee's words, use the `care home system for vulnerable children as holding pens for their victims until they are ready to pick them up'; and calls on the Government to meet its commitment to all children in the UK by urgently launching an inquiry into the number of suspected trafficked children going missing and ensuring local authorities have the resources and expertise to provide foster care to all child victims of trafficking.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2074 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Bob Spink

Paul Robert Holmes

Lee Scott

Bob Russell

Subjects

Children Immigration

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk