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Debate on Monday, 9 May 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Damian Green. The answering member was Fiona Mactaggart.

Trafficking in Human Beings

Debate on a motion to take note of European Union Document No. PE-CONS 69/10, relating to the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA; and supporting the Government’s intention to apply to opt in post-adoption under Article 4 of Protocol 21 on the position of the UK and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice. Agreed on question. (Relevant document: The Twenty-fourth Report from the European Scrutiny Committee, HC 428-xxii.)

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
527 c976-96 
Session
2010-12
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
People Trafficking
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Written questions
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Peter Bone | 527 c979 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely welcome the Government's decision to opt in to the directive, as does the all-party gro...
Damian Green | 527 c979 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the whole House will echo my pleasure at my hon. Friend welcoming this opt-in to a Eu...
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Fiona Mactaggart | 527 c980 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Government's decision. We asked for it some 40 times before they decided to do it, but...
Lord Wharton of Yarm | 527 c980 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady agree that although, as we heard from the Minister, there are hotspots around the...
Fiona Mactaggart | 527 c980 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I fear that I probably represent a hotspot—one of the few co...
Mark Tami | 527 c980 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend concerned as I am about the level of cuts to the police forces, particularly in ar...
Fiona Mactaggart | 527 c981 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Under Pentameter 2, an expert team was set up at Heathrow, which...
Peter Bone | 527 c981 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is making a powerful speech and knows a lot about the subject. Would Her Majesty's Opp...
Fiona Mactaggart | 527 c981 (Link to this contribution) The Opposition will support any effective border measures that help to protect this country's border...
Margot James | 527 c981 (Link to this contribution) I share the hon. Lady's admiration for the work of the POPPY project. There is no doubt about the ex...
Fiona Mactaggart | 527 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) That is what the contract requires of the new organisation. I did not make any criticism of it becau...
Crispin Blunt | 527 c982 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister who announced the result of the competition this morning, I want to make it clear th...
Keith Vaz | 527 c985-6 (Link to this contribution) As always, it is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Tom Brake) in a...
Justin Tomlinson | 527 c986 (Link to this contribution) I have spoken in debates on this subject before and I must say that a lot of the trafficking goes un...
Fiona Mactaggart | 527 c982-4 (Link to this contribution) As the Minister knows—because we have discussed the matter before—POPPY did bid for the provision an...
Tom Brake | 527 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased that we are having this debate. The fact that we are doing so is a tribute to Memb...
Keith Vaz | 527 c988 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right. Of course, the previous Government introduced legislation making it an ...
Peter Bone | 527 c988-90 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz) and, as usual,...
Keith Vaz | 527 c986-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right about the need for vigilance. We sometimes talk about trafficking as if ...
Mark Spencer | 527 c988 (Link to this contribution) A lot of tonight's debate has focused on the supply and the trafficking, but does the right hon. Gen...
Damian Green | 527 c976 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House takes note of European Union Document No. PE-CONS 69/10, relating to ...
Mark Tami | 527 c977 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister not think that it sends a negative message that we have taken so long to sign up?
Damian Green | 527 c977 (Link to this contribution) No, I do not, because once the text was available, we looked at it and made the recommendation very ...
Damian Green | 527 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman might well be right. However, it would be unhelpful for me to comment gener...
Andrew Selous | 527 c978 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on these measures, which are welcomed by many of us. Will he tell us w...
Damian Green | 527 c978-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to say that good things were done during the focused police action under the...
Tom Brake | 527 c978 (Link to this contribution) What would be the difference between having an independent reviewing officer and advocate, and havin...
Damian Green | 527 c978 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly my view, and having another guardian would be confusing and potentially bureaucratic...
Margot James | 527 c977 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister agree that local authorities are going to need some training, direction and guidan...
Damian Green | 527 c978 (Link to this contribution) I agree that there have been severe difficulties in that regard. My hon. Friend will know that there...
Damian Green | 527 c994-6 (Link to this contribution) We have seen that this is a matter of considerable importance to everyone in the House this evening,...
Mark Hendrick | 527 c993 (Link to this contribution) The details of this European directive are to be welcomed. They will strengthen Britain's ability to...
Michael Connarty | 527 c990-3 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to be here this evening to welcome the Government's proposals. I know that we...
Keith Vaz | 527 c976 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister welcome the recent developments in the EU that will provide for more border checks...
EC documents
PE-CONS 69/10
Subjects
Human trafficking EU action
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