Proceeding contribution from Peter Bone (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 January 2008. It occurred during Opposition day on Human Trafficking.
Human Trafficking
I would love to give way but I am conscious that other hon. Members want to speak. I agree with my hon. Friends on the Front Bench, which is not always the case, that we must have stronger border controls. I do not want to get into a debate about border police and so on. However, when I ran a travel company, I took young female workers to Florida to visit our associated company and understand the way in which the travel trade worked. Every time we went to America, I was let through, and went to get the baggage, but the three young females were taken off and interviewed for up to an hour, even though they had letters from their parents stating that they could come on the trip. We do not do that. If we did that sort of thing, we would reduce the number of victims that come into the country. We could do a host of things to help people once they are here, but if we could stop them at source, it would be useful. That is an example of a practical measure that could be introduced quickly.
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- 2007-08
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- Human rights Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Prostitution
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