Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government will take to give victims of human trafficking immunity from crimes they were forced to commit whilst under the coercion of gangmasters.

Section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 introduced a statutory defence for victims of modern slavery. The non-punishment principle is an integral part of the Government’s response to safeguard victims of modern slavery who have been compelled to commit a crime, in the case of an adult or committed the crime as a direct result of being a victim, in the case of a child, at the hands of their exploiters