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Proceeding contribution from Anthony Steen (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 24 May 2007. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Human Trafficking.


Human Trafficking

Nobody else knew that, so I thank the hon. Lady for that clarification. If we need an appendix or a glossary to explain the Minister, that may be the answer, but it is not a very impressive answer. As I have said, we are not the leader in Europe. The leading country in Europe would be expected to have more than 30 convictions for trafficking in the last four years. How much money was confiscated from traffickers. That is a very important question. Did the money go to the victims? I would love to hear that that was the case. It would be wonderful if we could say that we have taken a few million pounds off the traffickers and the women who have been trafficked have been set up in hairdressing saloons or McDonald’s and that they are all doing great things. The problem with that may be that more and more women would say, ““Let’s shop the traffickers and pick up the cash.”” We need to find our whether traffickers have had money taken from them and whether that money has gone to the Chancellor or to the victims. Does the Minister know about that? If I were in his shoes, I would be painful with my officials because I would ask such questions and say, ““You can’t go home until you have given me the answer.”” I would probably end up with no staff, but those are material questions.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
460 c520-1WH 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Subjects
Children Women Human rights Human trafficking Victims Slavery Exploitation
Link
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