Proceeding contribution from Archbishop of York (Bishops (affiliation)) in the House of Lords on Monday, 10 July 2017. It occurred during Ministerial statement on G20.

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My Lords I thank the noble Baroness for the Statement and the Government’s continued commitment to tackling modern-day slavery. I am particularly grateful for the commitment to cultivate a radically new global and co-ordinated approach to this problem, which traps 46 million people in conditions that deprive them of their God-given dignity. Can the Minister give an assurance that they will put the victim at the centre of this new global approach and that it will enlist the support and help of the Churches’ global networks, which are already beginning to mobilise through the Santa Martha group and the Clewer initiative to condemn this abomination, which Pope Francis has rightly called a crime against humanity?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 783 c1113
Session: 2017-19
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Subjects: Developing countries Women Employment Equality Finance International assistance Iraq Germany Iron and steel Economic growth Dumping Overseas trade New businesses Terrorism Refugees Trade Trade agreements Slavery USA Climate Change Convention Syria EU immigration G20 Islamic State Brexit
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