Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee
The Modern Slavery Act 2015: becoming world-leading again

Report of Session 2024-25 - published 16 October 2024 - HL Paper 8

Contents

Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction

The inquiry

Defining modern slavery

Types of exploitation

Figure 1: Number of 2023 National Referral Mechanism referrals, by nationality and age group

Figure 2: Number of 2023 National Referral Mechanism referrals, by exploitation type and age group

The Modern Slavery Act 2015

Issues

Chapter 2: Impact of immigration legislation

Box 1: Victim Identification and Support

Box 2: First Responder Organisations

Interaction between immigration and modern slavery

Nationality and Borders Act 2022

Illegal Migration Act 2023

Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024

Survivor support

International law

Chapter 3: Care sector

Regulation

Resourcing

Single Enforcement Body

Rights

Finance

Chapter 4: Enforcement of the Modern Slavery Act

Orders

Box 3: Modern Slavery Orders

Non-punishment principle

Evidence gathering

Strategy and co-ordination

Chapter 5: Supply chains

Statements

Enforcement

Public procurement

Box 4: Procurement Act 2023

Box 5: Review of risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in NHS supply chains

Specific provisions

Due diligence

Box 6: Examples of international due diligence laws

Import bans

Box 7: The US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)

Chapter 6: Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Appointment

Budget issues

Government engagement

Chapter 7: Other issues

Changes to definitions

Problems with types of exploitation

Problems with the National Referral Mechanism

The number of victims

The challenge that lies before us

Summary of conclusions and recommendations

Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Appendix 3: Call for evidence

Appendix 4: Lived Experience Roundtable

Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/8206/modern-slavery-act-2015/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).

Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.





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