Debate on Thursday, 7 July 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Earl of Sandwich. The answering member was Baroness Royall of Blaisdon.

Slavery

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the progress made towards the eradication of contemporary forms of slavery. Motion withdrawn.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 673 c741-77
Session: 2005-06
Department: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Earl of Sandwich | 673 c741-5 (Link to this contribution) rose to call attention to the progress made towards the eradication of contemporary forms of slavery...; Lord Giddens | 673 c745-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by thanking the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, for initiating this debate on this very...; Lord Dholakia | 673 c748-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I add my thanks to the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, for introducing the debate. I was deligh...; Baroness Howells of St Davids | 673 c758-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, for initiating this debate. While recognising...; Baroness Howe of Idlicote | 673 c760-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sandwich for achieving this debate today, as it serves to bri...; Lord Alton of Liverpool | 673 c762-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in his eloquent speech in opening our debate today, my noble friend Lord Sandwich reminded...; Lord Brett | 673 c764-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the only advantage of being the thirteenth speaker of some 20 is that you do not have to p...; Baroness Cox | 673 c752-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too congratulate very warmly my noble friend on initiating this debate and on his tirele...; Lord Roberts of Llandudno | 673 c754-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I appreciate the opportunity to speak briefly in the debate, and I am grateful to the nobl...; Lord Hylton | 673 c755-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the right reverend Prelate that the sexual abuse of children and the traffick...; Lord Joffe | 673 c757-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate my noble friend Lord Sandwich on securing a debate on this most distu...; Bishop of Leicester | 673 c750-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on 19 June 1816 William Wilberforce made a telling contribution to parliamentary debate."“...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 673 c771-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, for calling this debate and to all noble L...; Earl of Sandwich | 673 c777 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I never expected a debate on contemporary forms of slavery to draw such a large audience. ...; Lord Avebury | 673 c767-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, slavery was a crime against humanity or, as John Adams put it,"““a foul contagion in the h...; Baroness Rawlings | 673 c770-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Sandwich, for initiating this important and highly relevant d...
Subjects: Children Disadvantaged Armed forces China Africa Equality Human rights Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Forced labour India Recruitment Poverty Minority groups Prostitution Migrant workers Slavery Myanmar Sudan Niger Exploitation
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Slavery

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