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House of Commons

 
 

Monday 21 July 2014

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Modern Slavery Bill


 

[First Sitting]


 

Karen Bradley

 

Agreed to

 

That—

 

(1)  

the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 3.30pm on Monday 21

 

July) meet—

 

(a)  

at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 2 September;

 

(b)  

at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 4 September;

 

(c)  

at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 9 September;

 

(d)  

at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 11 September;

 

(e)  

at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 14 October;

 

(2)  

the Committe shall hear oral eveidence on Monday 21 July in accordance

 

with the following Table—

 

TABLE

 

Time

Witness

 
 

Until not later than 4.00 pm

Alison Saunders, Director of Public

 
  

Prosecutions; National Crime Agency

 
 

Until no later than 4.45 pm

Church of England; Catholic Bishops

 
  

for England and Wales

 
 

Until not later than 5.30 pm

Centre for Social Justice; Kalayaan;

 
  

Unseen UK

 
 

Until no later than 6.00 pm

Nadine Finch, Garden Court

 
  

Chambers; Peter Carter QC, Red

 
  

Lion Chambers

 
 

(3)  

proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

 

following order; Clauses 1 to 13; Schedule 1; Clauses 14 and 15; Schedule 2;

 

Clauses 16 to 39; Schedule 3; Clauses 40 to 46; Schedule 4; Clauses 47 to 51;

 

new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill.

 

(4)  

the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a


 
 

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, continued

 
 

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Tuesday 14 October.

 


 

Karen Bradley

 

That, at this and any subsequent meeting at which oral evidence is to be heard, the

 

Committee shall sit in private until the witnesses are admitted.

 

Agreed to

 

Karen Bradley

 

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the

 

Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.

 

Agreed to

 

The following witnesses gave oral evidence:

 


 

Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions

 

Ian Cruxton, Director, Organised Crime Command, National Crime Agency

 


 

Dr Charles Reed, foreign and migration policy adviser, Church of England

 

Cecilia Taylor-Camara, Head of the Bishops’ Conference Office for Migration Policy,

 

Catholic Bishops for England and Wales

 


 

Lucy Maule, Senior Researcher, Centre for Social Justice

 

Andrew Wallis, Chief Executive Officer, Unseen UK

 

Kate Roberts, Community Advocate, Kalayaan

 


 

Nadine Finch, barrister, Garden Court Chambers

 

Peter Carter QC, barrister, Red Lion Chambers

 

[Adjourned until 2 September at 9.25 am