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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 24 May 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Andrew Dismore. The answering member was Lord Coaker.

Human Trafficking

Westminster hall adjournment debate on human trafficking.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
460 c501-46WH 
Session
2006-07
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 460 c510WH (Link to this contribution) Order. We cannot have an intervention on an intervention.
Anthony Steen | 460 c542WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister rightly pointed out that a number of questions were raised. Would it be possible for hi...
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Lord Coaker | 460 c540-1WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman; I meant the summer recess. I turn to a couple of other points. My hon. ...
Anthony Steen | 460 c542WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister does not have to—there is more time.
Lord Coaker | 460 c542WH (Link to this contribution) It seems that I was asked about 150 questions. I have tried to take a broad brush to them, but, part...
Evan Harris | 460 c542WH (Link to this contribution) It would be wrong to let the Minister finish without recognising what he said about accepting the th...
Lord Coaker | 460 c542-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am overjoyed with that comment. I will go further than that. If the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Fri...
Anthony Steen | 460 c540WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister hazard a guess, to which we shall not hold him? When might the report be published...
Lord Coaker | 460 c540WH (Link to this contribution) I do not think that the hon. Gentleman will leave for the recess having to look forward to the repor...
Evan Harris | 460 c540WH (Link to this contribution) The recess is in half an hour’s time.
Andrew Dismore | 460 c545-6WH (Link to this contribution) He said ““We will””, I think. When we go home after our work tonight and nod off in front of ““News...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c544-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend the Minister has heard those remarks. As the hon. Gentleman said earli...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c543-4WH (Link to this contribution) I shall not detain the House much longer. I thank hon. Members for their kind remarks about what I h...
Anthony Steen | 460 c544WH (Link to this contribution) As the hon. Gentleman is clearly winding up, I wish to say how grateful we are both for his report a...
Anthony Steen | 460 c534WH (Link to this contribution) It is not a question of passing more laws. We have endless laws. Does my hon. Friend agree that the ...
Lord Garnier | 460 c532-3WH (Link to this contribution) I approach this debate and the wider subject with proper diffidence because I am not, unlike the hon...
Lord Garnier | 460 c534-5WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right and wholly uncontroversial. Common sense goes a long way in this world. We h...
Evan Harris | 460 c524-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to take part in a debate under your chairmanship, Mr. Bercow. I think that this is ...
Nia Griffith | 460 c523-4WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, I shall come to that when I talk about the action plan. We need to raise awareness. It is ve...
Evan Harris | 460 c526-32WH (Link to this contribution) It is very gracious of the hon. Gentleman to say that, because I have not been able to attend all th...
Anthony Steen | 460 c525WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind comments. He did accept becoming joint secretary of the all-...
Lord Garnier | 460 c535-6WH (Link to this contribution) ECPAT, also, as my hon. Friend correctly tells me, has done good work. To persuade you, Mr. Bercow, ...
Anthony Steen | 460 c523WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with everything that the hon. Lady is saying—nobody could disagree—but the question is: to w...
Lord Coaker | 460 c540WH (Link to this contribution) I usually try to answer questions, but to be honest I am not sure whether I can answer that one in a...
Evan Harris | 460 c540WH (Link to this contribution) The Liberal Democrats would not expect ratification if the measures that the Minister has identified...
Lord Coaker | 460 c539WH (Link to this contribution) A key recommendation of the original Operation Pentameter was that we needed a UK human trafficking ...
Evan Harris | 460 c538WH (Link to this contribution) I do not mean to be pedantic, but the Minister said that Pentameter was successful. I am keen to see...
Lord Coaker | 460 c538WH (Link to this contribution) Yes! Following those remarks, let me respond to some of the specific issues that hon. Members raise...
Lord Coaker | 460 c536-8WH (Link to this contribution) May I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Bercow? I know the frustration...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c501WH (Link to this contribution) Given the number of Members here, I think that this afternoon may have something of a Friday feel ab...
Anthony Steen | 460 c501WH (Link to this contribution) I shall not make intervening like this a regular occurrence. However, is it not right that the Gover...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c501-2WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely not. The debate was moved to ensure that Members had the opportunity to debate human traf...
Evan Harris | 460 c502WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman said that 40 per cent. of victims were here legally. Where does he get that figur...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c502WH (Link to this contribution) I shall come to the question of research and information later, but that figure was among the more r...
Anthony Steen | 460 c502WH (Link to this contribution) This strikes me as a suitable time to make one other comment; I should be glad of the hon. Gentleman...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c502-6WH (Link to this contribution) I shall come to the issue of enforcement later. The Committee’s overall conclusion was that enforcem...
Lord Garnier | 460 c506WH (Link to this contribution) Did the hon. Gentleman’s Committee conclude that most of the illegal employers of those who had been...
Anthony Steen | 460 c512-20WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to address the Chamber with you in the Chair, Mr. Bercow, on the Thursday before th...
Nia Griffith | 460 c520WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that only six countries have ratified the convention? I think that the...
Anthony Steen | 460 c520-1WH (Link to this contribution) Nobody else knew that, so I thank the hon. Lady for that clarification. If we need an appendix or a ...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c521WH (Link to this contribution) One of the issues that we focused on in the report, to which I did not refer, was the need for compe...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c510WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that intervention. I give way to my hon. Friend the Minister.
Lord Coaker | 460 c510WH (Link to this contribution) I say to the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen), through my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. D...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c511-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that that is all cleared up, but it brings me to the question of when the Government wi...
Anthony Steen | 460 c521-2WH (Link to this contribution) I read about that in the report, which gave me the idea to prod the Minister on that issue. The hon....
Nia Griffith | 460 c522-3WH (Link to this contribution) How do I follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore), with his inimitable ability to s...
Lord Coaker | 460 c510WH (Link to this contribution) I can confirm to my hon. Friend that we signed the Council of Europe convention on 23 March. I hope ...
Anthony Steen | 460 c508WH (Link to this contribution) I cannot promise that this is my last intervention, but it will be very nearly the last. The hon. Ge...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c508-10WH (Link to this contribution) I believe that some work is being done in Scotland, to which I shall refer later, but perhaps it is ...
Anthony Steen | 460 c507WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman mentioned ““more beds””. It is unfortunate that when we talk about the traffickin...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c507-8WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, and I will deal with such additional issues later. He is righ...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c506-7WH (Link to this contribution) The short answer is that we simply do not know. We did not form a particular view on that point, pri...
Andrew Dismore | 460 c510WH (Link to this contribution) It is and I am grateful for that intervention, but it brings me to the next question, which is, when...
Anthony Steen | 460 c510WH (Link to this contribution) I say to help the Minister and to assist the record that the convention was signed by the Home Secre...
Subjects
Children Women Human rights Human trafficking Victims Slavery Exploitation
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