Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to begin their consultations on the guidance to support businesses in their preparation of the slavery and trafficking statement to be required by the enactment of clause 51 of the Modern Slavery Bill before the House of Lords completes its scrutiny of the bill; and when they intend those consultations to be completed.

We are committed to consulting on this important issue and to getting it right. The timing of the consultation is under consideration and further details will be announced shortly.