Select committee: Home Affairs Committee
Modern Slavery Act: ten year review
Open
Opened 3 Mar 2025
Home Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The session will explore the implementation of the Modern Slavery Act over the last decade and current pressure points including around identification, support, capacity, resources, and prosecutions.
Where it stands
The inquiry is open, opened 3 March 2025.
The committee has not published a report yet.
Evidence
- 1 oral evidence sessionLatest 25 March 2025
- 5 witnesses
Recent activity
- Letter from the Assistant Director of Barnardo's National Counter Trafficking Centre on the Modern Slavery Act 25.04.20256 May 2025, Correspondence
- Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women on the Modern Slavery Act 24.04.202529 April 2025, Correspondence
- Letter to the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women and Girls regarding the Modern Slavery Act: ten year review 03.04.20253 April 2025, Correspondence
Oral evidence sessions
On smaller screens, scroll horizontally to read every column. Keyboard users can focus the table region and use the arrow keys.
| Date | Session and witnesses | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2025 |
Oral evidence session
Baroness Butler-Sloss,
Caroline Haughey KC,
Eleanor Lyons, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner,
Emma Hawley · Independent Child Trafficking Guardian Services,
Major Kathy Betteridge · Salvation Army
|
View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
On smaller screens, scroll horizontally to read every column. Keyboard users can focus the table region and use the arrow keys.
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Baroness Butler-Sloss | Not recorded | 1 |
| Caroline Haughey KC | Not recorded | 1 |
| Eleanor Lyons, Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner | Not recorded | 1 |
| Emma Hawley · Assistant Director | Independent Child Trafficking Guardian Services | 1 |
| Major Kathy Betteridge · Director for Anti-Trafficking and Modern Slavery | Salvation Army | 1 |
Correspondence
On smaller screens, scroll horizontally to read every column. Keyboard users can focus the table region and use the arrow keys.
| Published | Direction | Letter |
|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2025 | To committee | Letter from the Assistant Director of Barnardo's National Counter Trafficking Centre on the Modern Slavery Act 25.04.2025 |
| 29 Apr 2025 | To committee | Letter from the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women on the Modern Slavery Act 24.04.2025 |
| 3 Apr 2025 | From committee | Letter to the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women and Girls regarding the Modern Slavery Act: ten year review 03.04.2025 |