Proceeding contribution from Baroness Young of Hornsey (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 9 July 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Coroners and Justice Bill.
Coroners and Justice Bill
Amendment 182 182: After Clause 61, insert the following new Clause— "CHAPTER 4 Servitude and forced or compulsory labour Servitude (1) A person commits an offence if he or she holds another person in servitude. (2) For the purposes of this section, a person (A) holds another person (B) in servitude if A severely restricts B’s freedom of movement and choice of residence and subjects B to forced or compulsory labour. (3) In this section, subjecting a person to forced or compulsory labour has the same meaning as in section (Forced or compulsory labour). (4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years."
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 712 c851
- Session
- 2008-09
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Crime Defamation Harassment Discrimination Forced labour Freedom of expression Religion Sexuality Slavery Homophobia
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- Coroners and Justice Bill 2008-09
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