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UK Borders Bill

My Lords, my noble friend Lady Anelay tabled a similar amendment in Committee, so I support what the noble Lord, Lord Judd, has put forward. One of the real obscenities in today’s world is the trafficking of women, and the fact that they are very apparently being trafficked into our country makes it no less an obscenity. It is also clear that we must have different ideas about what happens to people who are trafficked. A chief constable recently appealed for help, one of the reasons being that she had such a problem in her area from women who had been trafficked and who were to all intents and purposes imprisoned by those who had trafficked them. The problem is horrendous, so we need to consider the amendment most carefully. I hope to hear from the Minister the Government’s proposals for dealing with this unusual situation in terms of immigration. These are people who do not necessarily want to be immigrants, but who are attracted to come here under entirely false pretences. The whole practice is built on dishonesty in all respects and we must try and find another answer to it. I support the amendment.