7 Other measures in the Bill
78. Other significant provisions in the Bill include:
- Clause 4,
which introduces a new criminal offence of trafficking people
into, or out of, the UK for the purpose of exploitation (defined
in the explanatory notes as including "slavery or forced
labour, organ removal, or the use of force or threats to induce
the victim to provide services")[72],
and
- Clause 15, which allows
for the electronic tagging or tracking of persons subject to immigration
control, including asylum-seekers, as an alternative to detention
for those who cannot offer suitable sureties.
79. The above provisions were not announced in advance
of the publication of the Bill on 27 November, and accordingly
we have not had an opportunity to take evidence on them or explore
their implications with the Minister. We therefore recommend that
the Standing Committee on the Bill should give particular attention
to these provisions, with a view to exploring and testing the
Government's justification for them.
72 Explanatory notes to the Bill, para 18 Back
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