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<p>The Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery in all its forms including
labour exploitation involving agency workers. <br><br>The Gangmasters Licensing Authority’s
transfer to the Home Office will improve its collaboration with policing agencies
for its enforcement activities and maximise the contribution it makes to tackling
exploitation of workers.<br><br>The Modern Slavery Bill will give law enforcement
the tools to tackle modern slavery by increasing the maximum sentence available for
offenders to life imprisonment; creating an independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
to drive improvements and a better coordinated law enforcement response, working in
the interests of victims; strengthening powers to recover the sizeable profits that
traffickers and slave masters make from this appalling crime; introducing vital new
tools to restrict the activity of criminals who have been convicted of modern slavery
offences; and providing powers to enable police and Border Force to act where it is
suspected that human trafficking or forced labour is taking place on board vessels
at sea.<br><br>To complement the Bill, the Government has a comprehensive programme
of action to tackle modern slavery. This includes publishing a Modern Slavery Strategy
which sets out the Government’s comprehensive approach to tackling modern slavery
and the contributions we expect from other Government departments, agencies and partners.</p><p>
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