Debate on bill on Monday, 23 February 2015, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bates.

Modern Slavery Bill

Lords report stage first day. (Part 1 of 3.)

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 759 cc1408-1440
Session: 2014-15
Department: Home Office
Legislative stage: Report stage
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Modern Slavery Bill 2014-15. As amended in Committee.
Wednesday, 10 December 2014
Bills
House of Lords; Modern Slavery Bill
Monday, 23 February 2015
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords; Modern Slavery Bill
Monday, 23 February 2015
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords; Deposited Paper DEP2015-0270
Friday, 27 February 2015
Deposited papers
House of Lords; Deposited Paper DEP2015-0269
Friday, 27 February 2015
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Hamwee | 759 c1408 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Hamwee
1: Clause 1, page 1, line 17, at end insert “person’s charac...; Baroness Hamwee | 759 cc1408-1410 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I also have Amendments 2 and 3 in this group. The Minister has, quite understandably, u...; Baroness Young of Hornsey | 759 cc1409-1412 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, for her support on my Amendment 7. I ra...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 759 cc1412-3 (Link to this contribution)
Bizarrely, my Lords, I support government Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bates; ...; Lord Bates | 759 cc1413-6 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, for her welcome for the amendment which I shall move lat...; Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | 759 c1416 (Link to this contribution)
May I take the Minister back to what he said in answer to the arguments made by the noble Barones...; Lord Bates | 759 c1416 (Link to this contribution)
It is difficult to know how to respond to that, although I obviously welcome the noble Lord’s cla...; Lord McColl of Dulwich | 759 c1417 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wholeheartedly agree with the Government’s determination to see more perpetrators of ...; Baroness Garden of Frognal | 759 c1417 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise for interrupting my noble friend but the Minister has made a winding-up speech on thi...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 759 c1417 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness may not be entirely right as the Minister was putting forward the go...; Baroness Garden of Frognal | 759 c1417 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I understand that my noble friend was responding to Amendment 4, in which case I apolog...; Lord McColl of Dulwich | 759 cc1417-8 (Link to this contribution)
I have been concerned by the evidence I have heard about the limited use of the equivalent existi...; Baroness Hamwee | 759 c1418 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I wish I had thought of “exogenous” and “endogenous”. I will resist changing the term “...; Lord Bates | 759 c1418 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bates
4: Clause 1, page 2, line 4, at end insert—
“(b) to any wor...; Baroness Doocey | 759 c1419 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Doocey
5: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“O...; Baroness Doocey | 759 cc1419-1420 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the amendment would introduce a separate offence of child exploitation. I acknowledge t...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 759 cc1420-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to support the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey, in her Amendment 5. As I mentioned i...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 759 cc1421-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I agree with everything that the noble Baroness has just said. It is a particular privi...; Lord Patel | 759 cc1423-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise to support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Doocey. I have added ...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 759 cc1424-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am the first person not to support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Do...; Lord Carlile of Berriew | 759 c1425 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the noble and learned Baroness for giving way. Does she not recognise, firs...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 759 c1425 (Link to this contribution)
I certainly hope that the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, is right about that. However, with the govern...; Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 759 cc1425-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am somewhat bemused about where we are in this debate. My view has always been quite ...; Lord Patel | 759 c1426 (Link to this contribution)
Rarely.; Baroness Howarth of Breckland | 759 cc1426-7 (Link to this contribution)
I have huge respect for him, but I really do think that this is a question of practice and of tra...; Lord Judge | 759 c1427 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I rise because I have been quoted both in judgments and in evidence that I have given, ...; Baroness Hamwee | 759 cc1427-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, no one could possibly fault my noble friend for lack of persistence or focus, and no on...; Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 759 cc1428-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, having listened to all the various learned speeches on the matter, I should like to tac...; Baroness Butler-Sloss | 759 c1429 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps I might ask the noble Lord about the other point that I made on confusion. What does he h...; Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 759 c1429 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble and learned Baroness very much. We are talking about semantics and about circum...; Lord James of Blackheath | 759 cc1429-1433 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my Amendment 6 is in the same group. I suspect that the followers of Amendment 5 are no...; Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 759 c1434 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is guidance as to the length of time noble Lords should address the House on Repo...; Lord James of Blackheath | 759 c1434 (Link to this contribution)
I can very easily move to the end. I quoted that last example because it indicates how, in the wo...; Lord Bates | 759 cc1434-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it might be helpful at this point if I first speak briefly to my noble friend’s Amendme...; Baroness Doocey | 759 cc1435-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am a bit disappointed that the Minister did not answer the question I asked him. I as...; Lord Bates | 759 c1438 (Link to this contribution)
I am happy to put some additional words on the record on this point while I await further inspira...; Baroness Royall of Blaisdon | 759 c1438 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister was crystal clear in his letter to me, for which I am very grateful. While...; Lord Bates | 759 cc1438-9 (Link to this contribution)
I am very happy to give that undertaking. It should be something of which the DPP is aware. She w...; Baroness Doocey | 759 c1439 (Link to this contribution)
That is very helpful. I thank the Minister very much. Nobody will be happier than me if all my wo...; Lord James of Blackheath | 759 c1439 (Link to this contribution)
Tabled by
Lord James of Blackheath
6: After Clause 4, insert the following new Clause...; Lord James of Blackheath | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his response to my points, but may I just put two questions to him? I wi...; Lord Bates | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
Has the question been put?; Lord James of Blackheath | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
I am sorry, that was my first of two questions to the Minister. He stood up, so I thought he was ...; Lord Bates | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
Let me just say to my noble friend that we will continue this dialogue. That is absolutely certai...; Lord James of Blackheath | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the noble Lord for that, but I must point out that they all had court orders last time. M...; Lord Williams of Elvel | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, one does have some respect for the Companion. Is there a question before the House? Has...; Lord James of Blackheath | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise to the noble Lord if I caused offence, but I thought the situation was that you could...; Baroness Garden of Frognal | 759 c1440 (Link to this contribution)
The Minister has already replied and the question has now been put to my noble friend. We are req...
Subjects: Children Human trafficking Forced labour Vulnerable adults Slavery
Legislation: Modern Slavery Bill 2014-15
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Modern Slavery Bill

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