Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Transparency in Supply Chains) Regulations 2015

Debate between Baroness Hamwee and Lord Berkeley of Knighton
Monday 19th October 2015

(9 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Hamwee Portrait Baroness Hamwee
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My Lords, I wonder if I could add to that, because it is part of the same question. I am sure that the Minister does not mean it in this way, but the more it is said that this is not a matter for government, the more one worries about how the Home Secretary is going to fulfil her duties in keeping the matter under review if she does not have that facility available to her. The information is very much a matter for government and therefore the Government must have an interest in ensuring that it is easily accessible.

Lord Berkeley of Knighton Portrait Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB)
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In order to save the Minister from popping up and down like a jack-in-the-box, perhaps I may add one point which may help my noble friend Lord Alton. If by civil society one were able to define that by ruling out commercial interests, that would go a long way towards meeting the point being made.