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Victims of modern slavery inquiry

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

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions

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Date Session and witnesses Source
30 Jan 2017 No witnesses recorded View ↗
11 Jan 2017 No witnesses recorded View ↗
14 Dec 2016 No witnesses recorded View ↗
14 Dec 2016 No witnesses recorded View ↗

Correspondence

8 letters

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PublishedDirectionLetter
21 Jun 2018 To committee Letter from Sarah Newton MP to Chair on modern slavery evidence session, 17 February 2017
5 Jan 2018 To committee Letter from Sarah Newton MP and Damian Hinds MP re victims of modern slavery 111017
18 Dec 2017 To committee Letter from the Chair to the Prime Minister relating to modern slavery, 13 December 2017
18 Dec 2017 From committee Letter to the Prime Minister regarding concerns about the Government response to the Committee Report
18 Oct 2017 To committee Letter from the Minister of Employment to the Chair relating to the committee's modern slavery report, 11 October 2017
29 Apr 2017 — Frank Field MP's response to the Prime Minister, relating to support for victims of modern slavery, dated 27 March 2017
29 Apr 2017 To committee Response from the Prime Minister, to Frank Field MP, relating to support for victims of modern slavery, dated 22 March 2017
29 Apr 2017 From committee Letter to the Prime Minister from Frank Field MP, relating to support for victims of modern slavery, dated 2 February 2017