Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Laura Farris MP (Minister for Victims and Safeguarding at Home Office), Home Office, and Home Office

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses James Bullion (Interim Chief Inspector for Adult Social Care at Care Quality Commission (CQC))

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business and Trade, and Department for Business and Trade

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Crown Prosecution Service

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Work Rights Centre, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX), and Dr Caroline Emberson (Research Fellow in Slavery and Domestic Servitude at Rights Lab, University of Nottingham)

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Tony's Chocolonely, Ethical Trading Initiative, and Stronger Together

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Baroness Young of Hornsey, Dr Bruce Pinnington (Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Liverpool University), and Anti-slavery International

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Salvation Army, Migrant Help, and Euan Fraser (Senior Policy and Research Advisor at Hope for Justice)

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Julian Bild (Solicitor at ATLEU (Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit)), Prof Alex Balch (Professor of Politics at University of Liverpool, and Director of Research at Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre), Prof Louise Waite (Professor of Human Geography at University of Leeds), and Dr Marija Jovanovic (Senior Lecturer at Essex Law School, University of Essex)

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Eleanor Lyons (Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner)

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Phil Cain (Director of Operational Delivery at Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA)), Elysia McCaffrey (Chief Executive at Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA)), and Margaret Beels OBE (Director for Labour Market Enforcement)

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses National Police Chiefs' Council, and Temporary Chief Superintendent Tamasine Matthews (Unit Commander for the Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Unit at National Police Chiefs' Council)

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Home Office, Home Office, and Tom Surrey (Director of Adult Social Care Workforce and Policy at Department for Health and Social Care)

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Weronika Dorociak (Programme Manager for Sustainability at techUK), and CCLA Investment Management

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Professor Genevieve LeBaron (Director and Professor at the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University), Elsa Heiner (Desk Officer at Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA)), and Eike Wiesner (Desk Officer at Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA))

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Professor Dame Sara Thornton (Professor of Practice in Modern Slavery Policy at The University of Nottingham), Centre for Social Justice, and Hestia

Inquiry Modern Slavery Act 2015

Witnesses Sir Bernard Silverman (Emeritus Professor of Statistics at University of Oxford), Dr Rowland Seymour (Assistant Professor of Mathematics at University of Birmingham), and Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre