Member

I think I know what the Minister may say, not only because I have seen these things before but because I have heard what Dame Diana Johnson, the Minister in the other place, had to say. The answer will be that the Government are sympathetic to the issue but feel that that this is not the right place to deal with it, or that it is already covered; however, there is something to be said for including something in the Bill. A lot of the issues dealt with in the Modern Slavery Act were already covered, but we put it all together into that Act. This is a good example of that approach. The Government made, not a commitment but a vague suggestion that they might bring something forward during the passage of the Bill, and there will be people both in Parliament and outside who will continue to campaign on this issue. If we could somehow get something on to the statute book, it would be to the benefit of everybody. I beg to move.