Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to establish the EU forum on vulnerable workers proposed in her Department's Modern Slavery Strategy launched in November 2014; and if she will make a statement.

The Government, with the support of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, is working with various bodies across the EU to strengthen links to tackle worker exploitation. As a precursor to establishing the EU forum, the GLA are mapping
all the current bodies and inspectorates across the EU that may identify vulnerable workers and identifying complementary and overlapping interests to support greater co-ordination across the EU.