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Source Page: Children looked after return 2025 to 2026: guideFound: December 2012, when the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPOA) came into
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Source Page: The Electricity Capacity Mechanism (Amendment) Regulations 2024Found: The CM was originally approved under EU State Aid rules for a period of ten years.
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Source Page: Creative Scotland and Open Fund for Individuals applications: FOI releaseFound: Legal Considerations 12. None. New Deal for Business Implications 13.
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Source Page: Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024: codes of practice and notices regulations. Consultation and 10 associated annexes: Annexes A, B and C: Draft codes of practice: bulk personal datasets: (parts 7a,7b,7); Annex D: Draft code of practice: bulk communications data; Annex E: Draft code of practice: communications data and Annex E(i) communications data decision flowchart; Annex F: Draft code of practice: interception of communications; Annex G: Draft code of practice: equipment interference; Annex H: Draft code of practice: notices; Annex I: Draft statutory instrument Investigatory Powers (Notification Notices, Review Periods and Technical Advisory Board) Regulations 2025. 11 docs.Found: should provide a more detailed explanation of the nature and extent of the materia l in question , to aid
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1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond and Northallerton) Minister agree that this is a politically motivated prosecution and that it is a breach of China’s legal - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Israel must take all possible steps to avoid civilian casualties, to allow aid into Gaza in much greater - Speech Link
3: Blair McDougall (Lab - East Renfrewshire) to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and for the Netanyahu Government to increase access to aid - Speech Link
4: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) There is an urgent need, as there has been for a long time, for more aid to get into Gaza. - Speech Link
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1: Anneliese Dodds (LAB - Oxford East) That includes our prohibitions on the legal sector. - Speech Link
2: Calum Miller (LD - Bicester and Woodstock) type that can aid the compliance of UK and other firms can also aid them in navigating a system. - Speech Link
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Source Page: National people sexual misconduct policy frameworkFound: culture and set priorities relating to sexual safety take actions to ensure the organisation meets its legal
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Source Page: NHS England sexual misconduct policyFound: Confidentiality 13.1 Confidentiality covered by this policy will be maintained wherever possible, subject to legal
Scrutiny evidence Oct. 16 2024
Committee: Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee (Lords)Found: Whether they are entitled to do so may be a matter of legal dispute between them and the British Rail
Asked by: Tom Hayes (Labour - Bournemouth East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) specific needs of British national victims of modern slavery, (b) adequacy of pathways to access support and (c) potential barriers to accessing support.
Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Government is committed to tackling modern slavery, prosecuting those responsible and supporting victims in their recovery.
The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s framework for identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. 17,004 potential victims of modern slavery were referred to the Home Office in 2023; the highest annual number since the NRM began in 2009 and a 628% increase since 2014.
This unprecedented increase in the volume of referrals into the NRM has presented significant challenges in resourcing and workflow, and we recognise that wait times for Conclusive Grounds decisions are too long. Operational teams have invested heavily in seeking to address this and as a result numbers of people awaiting a Conclusive Grounds decision have dropped for the first time and timeliness is improving. We continue to strive for faster decisions for victims.
In England and Wales, after referral to the National Referral Mechanism, adult victims can access specialist support from the government funded Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC). This support includes safe accommodation where necessary, financial support and a support worker to help them access wider support services, including medical treatment, legal aid, legal representatives, and legal advice. This support is available to all adult victims, including British nationals, based on an ongoing needs-based assessment.
Local authorities are the primary service provider for safeguarding child victims regardless of their nationality or immigration status. Additionally, the Government has rolled out Independent Child Trafficking Guardians (ICTGs) in two-thirds of Local Authorities in England and Wales. ICTGs provide an additional source of advice and support for potentially trafficked children, irrespective of nationality or immigration status. An ICTG’s advocacy and involvement throughout the decision-making process is intended to ensure the child is protected from further harm, prevent possible repeat victimisation, re-trafficking or going missing, and promote the child’s recovery.
The Government has robust internal assurance processes in place to manage and assure projects and programmes. We are currently looking at how we ensure the long-term sustainability of these programmes to continue to meet the needs of both adult and child victims of modern slavery.