Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Members
Baroness O’Grady of Upper Holloway (Chair)
Bishop of Bristol
Baroness Butler-Sloss
Baroness Hamwee
Lord Hope of Craighead
Lord Kempsell
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Lord Smith of Hindhead
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Lord Watts
Lord Whitty
Declarations of interests
Baroness O’Grady of Upper Holloway (Chair)
General Secretary, TUC (2013–2023)
Baroness Barker
Runs a consultancy business which works with charities, but has never had any clients who work in the area of modern slavery
Bishop of Bristol
Speaks on behalf of the Church of England on issues around Modern Slavery
Co-Chair, APPG on safeguarding in faith communities.
Baroness Butler-Sloss
Co-Chair, APPG on Modern Slavery
Vice-Chair and Trustee, Human Trafficking Foundation
Member, Review chaired by Frank Field MP on possible Modern Slavery Bill (November 2014)
Member, Modern Slavery Bill pre-legislative scrutiny (2015)
Member, Frank Field MP review of Modern Slavery Act (May 2019)
Have attended numerous International conferences on modern slavery, most recently in Nairobi, October 2023
Member, Cross-party panel inquiry into trafficking for sexual exploitation in England and Wales (interest ceased 18 April 2023)
Member, Advisory Panel to the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (Dame Sarah Thornton) (interest ceased 18 April 2023)
Baroness Hamwee
Trustee, Safer London
Lord Hope of Craighead
No relevant interests
Lord Kempsell
No relevant interests
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Director, Trustee and Chair (formerly Vice Chair), Human Trafficking Foundation
Vice-Chair of the APPG on Modern Slavery
Member, Review chaired by Frank Field MP on possible Modern Slavery Bill (November 2014)
Member, Modern Slavery Bill pre-legislative scrutiny committee (2015)
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Lord Smith of Hindhead
No relevant interests
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
No relevant interests
Lord Watts
No relevant interests
Lord Whitty
No relevant interests
A full list of members’ interests can be found in the Register of Lords’ Interests:
https://members.parliament.uk/members/lords/interests/register-of-lords-interests
Specialist Adviser
Caroline Haughey OBE KC
Independent Criminal Barrister, currently instructed in live prosecutions by the CPS relating to sex trafficking and labour trafficking
Currently instructed as defence counsel in two labour trafficking cases
Trustee, The Anti-Slavery Collective
Lectures frequently to police forces about how to investigate and prosecute modern slavery and trafficking cases
Founding member, Prosecutors Consortium
On occasion, instructed as counsel to advise commercial entities on their transparency in supply chain compliance