Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee

Victims of modern slavery inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 26 Oct 2016 Closed: 3 Oct 2019 1 report

Failures in the UK’s system for dealing with modern slavery are allowing the “inexcusable” scenario of victims reduced to destitution while their abusers go free because they are not adequately supported to testify against them.

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
12th Report - Victims of modern slavery HC 803 30 Apr 2017 0 Responded

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
30 Jan 2017 Session View ↗
11 Jan 2017 Session View ↗
14 Dec 2016 Session View ↗
14 Dec 2016 Session View ↗

Correspondence

8 letters
DateDirectionTitle
21 Jun 2018 To cttee Letter from Sarah Newton MP to Chair on modern slavery evidence session, 17 Feb…
5 Jan 2018 To cttee Letter from Sarah Newton MP and Damian Hinds MP re victims of modern slavery 11…
18 Dec 2017 From cttee Letter to the Prime Minister regarding concerns about the Government response t…
18 Dec 2017 To cttee Letter from the Chair to the Prime Minister relating to modern slavery, 13 Dece…
18 Oct 2017 To cttee Letter from the Minister of Employment to the Chair relating to the committee's…
29 Apr 2017 Frank Field MP's response to the Prime Minister, relating to support for victim…
29 Apr 2017 From cttee Letter to the Prime Minister from Frank Field MP, relating to support for victi…
29 Apr 2017 To cttee Response from the Prime Minister, to Frank Field MP, relating to support for vi…