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Human Trafficking

I shall take that advice from my hon. Friend the chairman of the all-party group and throw my speech away. The right hon. Member for Rotherham mentioned the problem of prosecution. I congratulate the police on using the Al Capone method of putting the traffickers behind bars. Because of the difficulties of the 2003 Act, the police have sought to prosecute people under different criminal legislation. People are being put away, but not necessarily for human trafficking, so the Government could look quite seriously at the wording of the 2003 Act, which was described by Chief Constable Dr. Tim Brain as ““a bit lumpy””. Perhaps he was referring to section 57, which refers twice to ““intent””. It is difficult to prove intent under English law, so the Government should look again at the measure. We might get more prosecutions if the law was easier to apply. I know that the Government and the Minister are working hard, and that other parts of Government are pulling the other way. The Minister can be assured that Members of this House want to see action against modern-day slavery. Two hundred years since its abolition in this country, we must bring slavery to an end.