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Opposition day on Wednesday, 16 January 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Damian Green. The answering member was Vera Baird.

Human Trafficking

Human trafficking. Sixth opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (241 to 317). Amendment agreed on question. (Inc ref to Joint Committee on Human Rights, twenty-sixth report of session 2005-06, HC 1127, the Government's Response, Cm 6996, the twenty-first Report from the Committee, Session 2006-07, HC 1056, and the Fourth Report from the Committee, Session 2007-08, Government's Response to the Committee's Twenty-first Report of Session 2006-07.)

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
470 c992-1046 
Session
2007-08
Department
Solicitor General
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 470 c990-1 (Link to this contribution) I think that the literal answer is ““By constant reminder””. Mr. Speaker has himself endorsed the vi...
Lord Robathan | 470 c1042 (Link to this contribution) rose in his place and claimed to move, That the Question be now put. Question, That the Question be...
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Shailesh Vara | 470 c1000 (Link to this contribution) The whole House agrees that it is right that the Government should take the matter forward. As that ...
Peter Bone | 470 c1031-2 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I know of the interest that he has shown in this matter....
Peter Bone | 470 c1024 (Link to this contribution) I was not attacking anyone on a moral basis. The debate about prostitution is very important, but I ...
Lord Swire | 470 c1018-9 (Link to this contribution) When my hon. Friend made that point about 10 minutes ago, I was amazed. I remain amazed. It is a goo...
Margaret Moran | 470 c998 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
John Austin | 470 c995 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made the point that it is necessary to have the measures in place in order to...
Brooks Newmark | 470 c1035-7 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to wrap up the Back-Bench contributions to this debate. I have always believed that t...
Speaker | 470 c990-1 (Link to this contribution) I think that the literal answer is ““By constant reminder””. Mr. Speaker has himself endorsed the vi...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I agree absolutely with my hon. Friend. As I said earlier, there is a global dimension to a problem ...
Damian Green | 470 c996 (Link to this contribution) I should, of course, add my hon. Friend to the list of those to whom I pay tribute, because the all-...
Anthony Steen | 470 c996 (Link to this contribution) Am I right in thinking that if we are not among the first 15 countries to ratify, we will have littl...
Damian Green | 470 c995 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman and I can sensibly assume only that those countries' Governments know what they a...
Damian Green | 470 c993-5 (Link to this contribution) A later part of my speech includes a tribute to the hon. Gentleman's work and that of the Joint Comm...
Andrew Dismore | 470 c993 (Link to this contribution) Speaking in the same vein as that in which my right hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacSha...
Damian Green | 470 c993 (Link to this contribution) I will come in a moment to the specific point about the interaction between the sex trade and the wi...
John Greenway | 470 c993 (Link to this contribution) It is members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe who have taken the lead on this...
Damian Green | 470 c993 (Link to this contribution) I should warn the House that I shall not give way too many times because there is a time limit on Ba...
Damian Green | 470 c993 (Link to this contribution) Being accused of being smug by the right hon. Gentleman is one of the more arresting parliamentary e...
Denis MacShane | 470 c992 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Gentleman goes too far down that road, may I ask whether he is aware of the article ...
Damian Green | 470 c992 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House believes that human trafficking is the modern equivalent of the slave...
Damian Green | 470 c997-8 (Link to this contribution) That is indeed welcome, but I am sure that the Solicitor-General would agree that we need that to ha...
Lord Coaker | 470 c998-9 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, To leave out from ““House”” to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof:"““...
Damian Green | 470 c998 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, but I know that many hon. Members wish to speak. I can feel that waves of hostility will...
Anthony Steen | 470 c996 (Link to this contribution) I asked the question in the House about whether tackling human trafficking is core police business, ...
Damian Green | 470 c996-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right, and that is why the situation causes a problem. The Conservatives believe ...
Madeleine Moon | 470 c997 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that another aspect that we must pursue is passing on some of the expe...
Damian Green | 470 c997 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with the hon. Lady. Expertise has been developed in this country, and the more we...
Vera Baird | 470 c997 (Link to this contribution) As a non-London MP, I just wanted to mention that there are now service-level agreements between the...
Peter Bone | 470 c1031 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow, North (Ann McKechin), who made a power...
Patrick Hall | 470 c1031 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made the point extremely well about the surprise many of us have felt when fi...
Bob Spink | 470 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Would my hon. Friend accept that the vast majority of women involved in the sex trade, particularly ...
Peter Bone | 470 c1032-3 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, they are victims. When I first got to know about this issue, I talked to Northamptonshire p...
Denis MacShane | 470 c1033 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Peter Bone | 470 c1033 (Link to this contribution) I would love to give way but I am conscious that other hon. Members want to speak. I agree with my ...
Fiona Mactaggart | 470 c1033-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank hon. Members in all parts of the House who have supported my campaign to tackle the demand s...
David Lidington | 470 c1037-9 (Link to this contribution) The debate has been characterised by a generally constructive attitude among members of all parties,...
Vera Baird | 470 c1040-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank all Members who have participated in this excellent debate. It is obvious that there is tota...
Speaker | 470 c1042 (Link to this contribution) I instruct the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the Aye Lobby.
Lord Swire | 470 c1017-8 (Link to this contribution) This has been an informative and educative debate. In the few minutes that I have, I want to concent...
Anthony Steen | 470 c1018 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that children from Vietnam and China check in, show their passports and then...
Stephen Crabb | 470 c1022-3 (Link to this contribution) Again, my hon. Friend brings his experience, knowledge and good judgment to the debate. I hope that ...
Denis MacShane | 470 c1023-4 (Link to this contribution) In the spirit of bipartisanship, I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire ...
Keith Vaz | 470 c1019-21 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for East Devon (Mr. Swire), and to have been listening to...
Stephen Crabb | 470 c1021-2 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, the right hon. Member for Lei...
Anthony Steen | 470 c1022 (Link to this contribution) Is not the problem with prosecutions and convictions that the women are not prepared to give evidenc...
Stephen Crabb | 470 c1024 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Denis MacShane | 470 c1024 (Link to this contribution) I am able to take two interventions, apparently, and then my time will run out. I give way to the ho...
Denis MacShane | 470 c1024 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire was shaking his head vigorously during that intervention. ...
Ann McKechin | 470 c1029-31 (Link to this contribution) This debate has understandably concentrated on the enforcement in the UK of the Council of Europe co...
Speaker | 470 c1027 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the next hon. Member to speak, I should just say to the House that although int...
Mike Hancock | 470 c1027-9 (Link to this contribution) I point out to the right hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacShane), in case he missed it, that the En...
Bob Spink | 470 c1025 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Denis MacShane | 470 c1025-6 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I really cannot, as an eight-minute limit has been imposed on...
Stephen Crabb | 470 c1024-5 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is making an important point, but is he aware that a mainstream evening new...
Denis MacShane | 470 c1025 (Link to this contribution) Voltaire defined hypocrisy as the compliment that vice pays to virtue, and never was that more accur...
Peter Atkinson | 470 c1005 (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister report any progress in negotiations with the UK newspaper industry to persuade loca...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1005 (Link to this contribution) I shall give way first to the hon. Gentleman and then to my hon. Friend. Then I shall need to finish...
Margaret Moran | 470 c1005 (Link to this contribution) The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, or CEOP, estimates that about 50 per cent. of t...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1005 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will know that the Solicitor-General, the Leader of the House and the Minister fo...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1005-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made a hugely important point. A number of children whom we believe have been tra...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1006 (Link to this contribution) This is the last question that I shall take.
Chris Huhne | 470 c1008-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point; the distinction between prosecution and conviction is crucial...
Anthony Steen | 470 c1008 (Link to this contribution) I suggest to the hon. Gentleman that there is a distinction to be drawn between prosecution and conv...
Chris Huhne | 470 c1007-8 (Link to this contribution) Liberal Democrats greatly welcome the debate and are pleased that the hon. Member for Ashford (Damia...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1006-7 (Link to this contribution) We will learn from anywhere that can provide appropriate examples of how to deal with the problem. H...
Anthony Steen | 470 c1012-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the support of my hon. Friends and other hon. Members. We know that the Governmen...
Speaker | 470 c1012 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the House that there is an eight-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches, although I thi...
Andrew Dismore | 470 c1009-12 (Link to this contribution) The Joint Committee on Human Rights, which I chair, has taken a keen interest in the subject. That i...
Peter Bone | 470 c1006 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way and I congratulate him on how much work he has done to ...
John Austin | 470 c1014-7 (Link to this contribution) I start my speech where the hon. Member for Totnes (Mr. Steen) finished his by drawing that comparis...
Madeleine Moon | 470 c1000 (Link to this contribution) Recently, I visited Albania as part of a delegation from this House. One thing that became clear was...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1000 (Link to this contribution) I can reassure the hon. Gentleman on that point. Home Office officials are in contact with their cou...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I shall take a couple more interventions, and then I need to make progress.
Lord Coaker | 470 c1000-1 (Link to this contribution) I do agree, and my hon. Friend's excellent question helps me respond to what the hon. Member for Ash...
Pete Wishart | 470 c1000 (Link to this contribution) The Minister will know that we in Scotland have particular problems with human trafficking. The poli...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1000 (Link to this contribution) I shall deal with some of that later in my speech. The then Home Secretary, my right hon. Friend the...
Margaret Moran | 470 c1001 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it is very important that we look beyond Europe and the accession sta...
Anthony Steen | 470 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way to me, and may I first of all reciprocate his kind word...
Ann Cryer | 470 c1002 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend regard forced marriage as part of the problem? It is a form of trafficking, yet ...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1002 (Link to this contribution) I hear what the hon. Gentleman says. We talk not only to our European colleagues but to colleagues o...
John Greenway | 470 c1001-2 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to the Minister. This is a home affairs debate, but he was right to say that the ...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I shall take two more interventions, but then I shall make progress with my speech as I want to leav...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the issues that the hon. Gentleman raises, and we need to discuss how we can tackle th...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1003-5 (Link to this contribution) We are considering it. As I said, ratification will be a significant milestone in the fight against...
Lord Coaker | 470 c1002 (Link to this contribution) To be honest, I do not know the whole answer to that question. If anybody is trafficked for any reas...
Mike Hancock | 470 c1003 (Link to this contribution) One of the legislative changes being considered involves a measure to allow victims of trafficking w...
Subjects
Human rights Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Prostitution
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