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date	20/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Domestic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what account she took of the recommendations of (a) the Report of the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review presented to her on 16 December 2013 and (b) the report from the Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill published on 3 April 2014, HC 1019, when establishing the review of migrant domestic worker arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	224810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Both reports were considered carefully when establishing the review of the <br>Overseas Domestic Worker visa. That is why the review will focus on all aspects <br>of this visa regime, including the support available to those who are subject <br>to modern slavery offences whilst holding these visas. The Government is <br>determined to ensure that our visa regime does not encourage or facilitate <br>abuse. James Ewins was asked to conduct the review in light of his significant <br>background in tackling modern slavery, including as specialist adviser to the <br>pre-legislative scrutiny Committee and as a member of the steering committee <br>for the Modern Slavery Bill Evidence Review Panel. The Review will report by <br>the end of July 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/02/2015 15:24:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

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registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Modern Slavery Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the reasonable person test in defence for children from the Modern Slavery Bill.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	224001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The statutory defence is an important additional protection for victims of <br>modern slavery who have been compelled to commit certain offences as a direct <br>consequence of their slavery or trafficking situation. In addition, the Crown <br>Prosecution Service will continue to use its discretion to not charge an <br>offence or discontinue a prosecution which is not required, in the public <br>interest. <br><br>It is imperative that the defence protects child victims of modern slavery from <br>being inappropriately criminalised whilst also avoiding providing complete <br>immunity for the most serious categories of offending. The reasonable person <br>test is an important safeguard in ensuring that the defence cannot be abused.<br><br>The defence for child victims has been amended in the House of Lords to remove <br>the requirement for compulsion and we have also tabled an amendment at Lord’s <br>Report of the Modern Slavery Bill to the reasonable person test for child <br>victims to make it easier for child victims to gain protection from the <br>statutory defence. This amendment will remove the reference to the child having <br>no realistic alternative to committing the offence and will mean that once the <br>defence is raised, the prosecution would have to show beyond reasonable doubt <br>that the child acted unreasonably in committing the offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 13:59:37 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan