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	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/11/2020
	date	04/11/2020
	date tabled	04/11/2020
	ddp created	04/11/2020 22:36:13
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	04/11/2020 22:46:00 18/11/2020 17:47:07
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Act 2015
	house id	2
	identifier	HL9994
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/11/2020 17:46:30
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 HL9994
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9994
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The landmark transparency provisions contained in section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 established the UK as the first country in the world to require businesses to report annually on their work to prevent and address modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>Under the current provisions, if a commercial organisation does not comply with the duty to provide a modern slavery statement, the Home Secretary can apply for a court injunction which mandates compliance. The Government has also committed to considering enforcement options in line with the ongoing development of the Single Enforcement Body for employment rights, led by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p>However, if someone has concerns about an organisation’s modern slavery statement they could write to the Board of Directors (or equivalent) as the Act requires a modern slavery statement to be approved by the Board and signed by a Director (or equivalent) to ensure senior level accountability for modern slavery. The Government expects an organisation’s senior leadership to take responsibility for their company’s modern slavery statement to ensure they are a fair reflection of the circumstances and the action they are taking.</p><p>The Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act, which was commissioned in 2018 and delivered its final report in 2019, credited section 54 with making modern slavery “a business-critical issue” and increasing “board-level scrutiny and engagement.”</p><p>The Independent Review also made recommendations designed to improve the effectiveness of the Act’s transparency provisions. The Government accepted the majority of the Review’s recommendations and on 9 July 2019 the Home Office launched a public consultation seeking views on proposals to strengthen the Act’s transparency legislation.</p><p>Following widespread support from a broad coalition of business, civil society and public sector respondents, the Government response, published on 22 September 2020, committed to taking forwards an ambitious package of changes to strengthen and future-proof transparency, including:</p><ul><li>Extending the reporting requirement to public bodies with a budget of £36 million or more;</li><li>Mandating the specific reporting topics statements must cover;</li><li>Requiring organisations to publish their statement on the new Government digital reporting service;</li><li>Setting a single reporting deadline by which all modern slavery statements must be published.</li></ul><p>Addressing modern slavery risks is a complex, long-term task, and the new measures are designed to incentivise organisations to demonstrate year-on-year progress in key areas and take targeted action based on where their risks are highest.</p>
	creator	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton

967505

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/09/2018
	date	04/09/2018
	date tabled	04/09/2018
	ddp created	04/09/2018 20:33:39
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	04/09/2018 20:38:29 12/09/2018 16:16:03
	hansard heading	Christopher Allen
	house id	2
	identifier	HL9994
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/09/2018 15:44:14
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the South Sudanese authorities about the killing of the British citizen, Christopher Allen, in August 2017.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL9994
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9994
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>​US consular services contacted the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for advice regarding Christopher Allen’s death in South Sudan, a dual US/UK national. Consular assistance was provided by the US consular services in Sudan and the USA, following the decision by the family to repatriate Mr Allen to the USA.</p>
	creator	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1659259

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/09/2023
	date	07/09/2023
	date tabled	07/09/2023
	ddp created	07/09/2023 19:51:41
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	ddp modified	07/09/2023 19:56:36 22/09/2023 13:30:22
	hansard heading	UN General Assembly
	house id	2
	identifier	HL9994
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	22/09/2023 13:30:11
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government on what grounds the Prime Minister has decided not to attend the UN General Assembly this month.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Earl Russell
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 HL9994
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL9994
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK Government delegation to the UN General Assembly High Level Week on 18-22 September will be led by the Deputy Prime Minister, accompanied by the Foreign Secretary, myself Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon as Minister of State for the UN, Minister Mitchell as Minister for Development and Minister Stuart as Minister for Net Zero. Building on the significant announcements made by the PM at the G20 in New Delhi, the UK delegation will show how these, and other UK priorities can be advanced through multilateralism as we work alongside a wide range of countries, ahead of major Artificial Intelligence and food security summits in the UK later this year.</p>
	creator	4983 label Biography information for Earl Russell
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	4983 label Biography information for Earl Russell