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Westminster Hall
Section 28 Repeal: 20th Anniversary - Wed 29 Nov 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) other things, the equal age of consent, civil partnerships—I celebrated my own some 15 years ago—equal marriage - Speech Link
2: Nia Griffith (Lab - Llanelli) We were pleased to support their legislation for same-sex marriage, although far too many Conservative - Speech Link
3: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) Some were forced to remain in the closet for fear of the impact on their careers and others felt they - Speech Link
4: Jamie Wallis (Con - Bridgend) please use what we have learned today as a counter-argument, because although it may not result in many prosecutions - Speech Link
5: Stuart Andrew (Con - Pudsey) foremost in our minds.Personally, I am driven by the fact that we have come a very long way, with equal marriage - Speech Link

Select Committee
The Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull
 MSA0020 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: would not have enabled us to identify it in the case of R-v-Ahmed (domestic servitude in a marriage

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Dec. 06 2023

Source Page: IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products on Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Georgia
Document: Country policy and information note: Philippines: human trafficking (PDF)

Found: rial, economic or other consideration, any person or any Filipino woman to a foreign national, for marriage

Select Committee
Submission on the Draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024 with government response

Scrutiny evidence Nov. 30 2023

Committee: Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: incarcerations; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary, along with investigations and prosecutions

Scottish Government Publication (Consultation paper)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate

Jan. 09 2024

Source Page: Ending conversion practices in Scotland: consultation
Document: Ending Conversion Practices in Scotland: A Scottish Government Consultation (PDF)

Found: It can extend to physical abuse and practices such as forced marriage, and may also take the form

Select Committee
4th Report - Drawn to the special attention of the House: Draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Amendment of List of Safe States) Regulations 2024; Includes information paragraph on: Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) Order 2023

Report Nov. 30 2023

Committee: Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee

Found: incarcerations; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary, along with investigations and prosecutions

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Sep. 04 2024

Source Page: IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information on Vietnam, India, and Turkey
Document: Country policy and information note: Kurds, Turkey, October 2023 (PDF)

Found: Ethnically Kurdish women may be less educated than other Turkish women, and while underage marriage

Public Bill Committees
Criminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 16 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham, Yardley) In the case from May that I talked about, a victim of multiple rapes, forced marriage and 10 years of - Speech Link
2: None as I have just described, so they do not meet the threshold required for use as evidence in criminal prosecutions - Speech Link

Select Committee
All Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficked Britons in Syria
 MENA0030 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: targeted and taken to Syria by coercive means, and once there were subjected to sexual exploitation, forced

Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage part one - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None through trauma to help survivors to gain control of their lives, so the idea that survivors are being forced - Speech Link
2: Baroness Newlove (Con - Life peer) In effect, victims are being forced to choose between seeking justice and their right to a private life - Speech Link
3: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) legal advice for victims as part of its comprehensive review into the use of evidence in sexual offence prosecutions - Speech Link
4: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) outlined, the Government have asked the Law Commission to examine the trial process in sexual offence prosecutions - Speech Link
5: Baroness Newlove (Con - Life peer) children die at the hands of an abusive parent during unsupervised contact, where abuse is a factor in the marriage - Speech Link