Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on waitiing times for National Referrals Mechanism decisions.

The objective of the modern slavery provisions in the Illegal Migration Bill is to address the serious and immediate threat to public order in the UK, arising from exceptional circumstances relating to the illegal entry and dangerous journeys made by individuals into the UK which creates additional pressure on public services.

We will continue to monitor NRM waiting times and the impact the Bill will have. We regularly publish statistics on NRM decision making. You can access the latest NRM stats here.