Oral Answers to Questions

Anne Marie Morris Excerpts

Monday 16th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[Victoria Atkins]

I would be delighted to meet the hon. Gentleman. Nail bars can be a particular source of exploitation, which is why they are the focus of the anti-slavery commissioner and of the director of labour market exploitation. I would be very happy to meet the hon. Gentleman to discuss the matter further.

[Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con)]

What steps has the Minister taken to report on slaves being retraded in the UK and recorded in the national referral mechanism more than once?

[Victoria Atkins]

One reason why we are improving the national referral mechanism is precisely to build resilience during that vital period. We are trebling the period once a person has been found to be a victim of modern slavery in order to build resilience in respect of those people, so that they are not prone to becoming victims of modern slavery or trafficking again.

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[Victoria Atkins]

If I may, I will write to the hon. Gentleman about that. We are very conscious, having listened to stakeholders, that the period in which they tell us victims most need support is after a decision has been made, and that is why we have trebled it.

[Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

I am extraordinarily grateful to the hon. Lady, from whom we have already heard—we may have another dose of her later, but not in substantive questions, because that is in contravention of the procedures of the House.