Member

It may help if I inform the House that we are continuing to look at longer-term reform of the national referral mechanism, including the possibility of updating and looking at new modern slavery legislation. The Home Office organised a call for evidence over the summer on how we can improve the process of identifying victims of modern slavery. It focused on definitions of victims of modern slavery and on improving identification and the decision-making process for the national referral mechanism. The call for evidence has now closed and we are currently analysing the responses received.