Member

Amendment 79B would bar information being used for an immigration purpose if it was provided by victims or witnesses of labour abuse in connection with that abuse. Under Clauses 27 to 31, the HMRC and DVLA trailer registration datasets, referenced in the amendment, will be collected for specific purposes. I assure the noble Baroness that these do not include information provided by victims or witnesses of labour abuse in connection with such abuse. The HMRC data is held solely in connection with its customs functions and relates to processes by which goods and cash cross the UK border. The DVLA trailer registration data is limited to basic details about UK-registered trailers and their keepers. Sharing both datasets with the Home Office enables better identification and detection of border criminality that would not be identified if the data were analysed in isolation and not significantly shared at all.