Carolyn Harris

Carolyn Harris

Labour — Neath and Swansea East

Speaking in the House of Commons on 23 July 2024

Debate

Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Contribution

Does my hon. Friend agree that under the United Nations protocol on trafficking, a victim does not need to have travelled in a vehicle in order for a trafficking offence to have been committed, yet under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015, they do? This means that exploiters who are not actually moving a victim in a vehicle from one place to another are not being prosecuted as traffickers. It would make a huge difference if there were parity between the two pieces of legislation, to make sure that trafficking is justly prosecuted.

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