Proceeding contribution from Baroness Young of Hornsey (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 28 October 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill on Coroners and Justice Bill.
Coroners and Justice Bill
74: After Clause 64, 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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- 713 c1180
- Session
- 2008-09
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- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Disclosure of information Criminal investigation Administration of justice Conspiracy Defamation Blasphemy Alternatives to prison EU countries Freedom of information Evidence Driving Disqualification Forced labour Informers Freedom of expression Offenders Northern Ireland Protection Membership Prisoners Publicity Prison sentences Statistics Sentencing Witnesses Voting rights Slavery Video conferencing Sentencing Council for England and Wales
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- Coroners and Justice Bill 2008-09
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