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HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI will come on to that when I talk about victim support. The hon. Gentleman understands only too well how complicated this is, so I will try to keep to my themes, and I want to…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. Later in my speech, I will deal with hon. Members’ observations about prostitution. I am always happy to look at the example set in…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Main, and I am grateful for your invitation to colleagues to intervene on the Minister as much as possible. I thank the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady and my right hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke for setting out the reviewers’ intention to look at prostitution in addition to the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question because we have recently seen negative publicity about that issue. We are clear that that defence exists to protect the most…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Modern Slavery Act: Independent ReviewWe will consult on further new measures, including proposals to improve reporting quality, ensure compliance and extend the requirements to the public sector. My hon. Friend the…19 Jun 2019HANSARD Children and Young PersonsMadam Deputy Speaker, I should like to note my disappointment that we did not hear from our Scottish colleagues. I was looking forward to hearing from them, though I am delighted…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Children and Young PersonsI beg to move, That the draft Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Specified Scottish Authority and Barred Lists) Order 2019, which was laid before this House on 20 May, be…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Children and Young PersonsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I am extremely grateful to him for bringing his expertise and experience to the Chamber on this important matter. As to the detail on the…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Children and Young PersonsI am able to give my hon. Friend that reassurance. I do not for a moment pretend that we have reached perfection. Through his involvement in the Home Affairs Committee, he will be…18 Jun 2019HANSARD Children and Young PersonsAs always, my hon. Friend is scrupulous in being transparent. We recognise his expertise and experience in this field. With that, I commend the order to the House.18 Jun 2019HANSARD Children and Young PersonsFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am happy to concede: I walked into that one.18 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his suggestion. We have previously looked into the idea. As we discussed during consideration of the Offensive Weapons Bill, there is a balancing…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeIt is with great sadness that I stand here today following events over the weekend, including a fatal stabbing in the constituency of the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI welcome the fact that the right hon. Lady welcomes our action to ensure that stop and search has the trust of more people in communities. We see it as a vital tool within the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeIn the letter, we made it clear that while the spring statement included £100 million for police forces, the Home Secretary had committed himself to making resources for them an…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeI thank my hon. Friend for his participation in the recent roundtable. I can reassure colleagues across the House that hon. Members, particularly those representing the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeThe hon. Gentleman is always a constructive and critical friend of the Government in this sphere. I will deal with his last point first. We have to reiterate to young people,…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeThere is an understandable tendency to focus on the law enforcement response and on our early prevention strategy, but an important part of this formula is the behaviour of…17 Jun 2019HANSARDViolent CrimeIt is always a pleasure to answer a question from my constituency neighbour. We might be separated by a constabulary boundary, but I absolutely understand the ripple effect of…17 Jun 2019