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star this property date less than 2022-09-05more like thismore than 2022-09-05
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Home Office more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
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star this property hansard heading Slavery more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allow pre-legislative scrutiny of the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Nottingham North more like this
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Alex Norris more like this
star this property uin 47635 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-09-20more like thismore than 2022-09-20
star this property answer text <p>There are no current plans to publish in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny the Modern Slavery Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech in May.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-09-20T14:19:28.9Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-20T14:19:28.9Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Alex Norris more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-07-19more like thismore than 2022-07-19
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office remove filter
star this property hansard heading Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Istanbul Convention will be ratified by 31 July 2022. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Romsey and Southampton North more like this
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Caroline Nokes more like this
star this property uin 39813 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-26more like thismore than 2022-07-26
star this property answer text <p>On 21<sup>st</sup> July the UK ratified the Istanbul Convention, sending a strong message to women and girls across the UK, and around the world, that the Government is committed to tackling VAWG.</p><p>The Istanbul Convention is the gold standard for combating violence against women and girls (VAWG). The UK signed the Convention in 2012 and the Government has always remained committed to ratifying it as soon as possible. This commitment was reiterated in our Tackling VAWG Strategy, published last July.</p><p>Since signing the Convention in 2012, we have significantly strengthened the legislative framework and introduced a range of new measures, including new offences on domestic abuse, forced marriage and stalking; tools such as Domestic Violence, Stalking and FGM Protection Orders; and a range of guidance and support for professionals.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-26T11:51:33.38Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-26T11:51:33.38Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Caroline Nokes more like this
1487293
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star this property date less than 2022-07-07more like thismore than 2022-07-07
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office remove filter
star this property hansard heading Slavery more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 133959 on Slavery, when she plans to introduce financial penalties for organisations that fail to meet their statutory obligations with regards to section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Neath more like this
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Christina Rees more like this
star this property uin 32601 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-14more like thismore than 2022-07-14
star this property answer text <p>The landmark transparency provisions contained in section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 made the UK the first country in the world to require businesses with a turnover of £36m or more to report annually on the steps they have taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>To enhance the impact of transparency and accelerate action to prevent modern slavery, the Government committed to strengthening the reporting requirements contained in section 54 and introduce new measures including financial penalties for organisations that fail to meet their statutory obligation to publish modern slavery statements.</p><p>These measures require primary legislation and we intend to legislate in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-14T14:41:03.267Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-14T14:41:03.267Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Christina Rees more like this
1487294
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star this property date less than 2022-07-07more like thismore than 2022-07-07
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office remove filter
star this property hansard heading Slavery more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the requirements of section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 to public sector organisations. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Neath more like this
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Christina Rees more like this
star this property uin 32602 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-19more like thismore than 2022-07-19
star this property answer text <p>The Government is committed to continuously strengthening our approach to modern slavery and building on the world-leading legislation introduced in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. In 2018, the Home Office commissioned an Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act to understand where the Act has worked well and where it could be more effective.</p><p>As part of its response, the Home Office conducted a public consultation on potential changes to the Modern Slavery Act’s transparency legislation which included a question on extending requirements to public sector organisations; 98% of respondents responded positively to this question, including 100% of public sector respondents.</p><p>The government response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation announced that we will introduce legislation to require public sector organisations with a budget of £36 million or more to report on how they prevent and address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chain. As announced in the Queens Speech, we intend to bring this measure forward in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.</p><p>Many public sector organisations are already publishing modern slavery statements voluntarily, but this new duty will ensure parity between private and public sector organisations.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-19T11:28:12.87Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-19T11:28:12.87Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Christina Rees more like this
1487295
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star this property date less than 2022-07-07more like thismore than 2022-07-07
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Home Office remove filter
star this property hansard heading Slavery more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of eligible organisations under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have successfully complied with their obligation to report annually on the steps taken to prevent modern slavery in each year since that Act was introduced. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Neath more like this
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Christina Rees more like this
star this property uin 32603 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-20more like thismore than 2022-07-20
star this property answer text <p>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 steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.</p><p>Compliance with section 54 is high. In 2019, the Home Office contracted the Business &amp; Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) to undertake an audit of compliance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The audit was concluded in January 2020 with data accurate up to this point. The high-level findings of this audit were published on 17 September 2020 in the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s annual report (available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMatthew.Chaudhry4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca79a1e4cf30b4c933b1508d9b3eb0c18%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637738644356828460%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=XI0oAU7HVt2QvpAf55kX2bX7MVQWxGIJ6Q2ee6qjFak%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-anti-slavery-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020</a>).</p><p>To further drive compliance with section 54, the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/919937/Government_response_to_transparency_in_supply_chains_consultation_21_09_20.pdf" target="_blank">Government response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation</a>, published on 22 September 2020, committed to taking forwards an ambitious package of measures to strengthen the Act’s transparency legislation, 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 registry<p> </p></li></ul><p>The Government has also committed to introduce financial penalties for organisations who fail to meet their statutory obligations to publish annual modern slavery statements. These measures require primary legislation and, as announced in the Queen’s Speech, we intend to legislate in the forthcoming Modern Slavery Bill.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in March 2021, the Government launched the modern slavery statement registry to radically enhance transparency by bringing together modern slavery statements on a single platform. The registry will provide a key tool for Government and others to monitor and drive compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We have been encouraged by use of the registry. Since launch, over 8,300 modern slavery statements covering over 27,800 organisations have been submitted on a voluntary basis.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-20T15:44:45.7Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-20T15:44:45.7Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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4525
unstar this property label Biography information for Christina Rees more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-07-18more like thismore than 2022-07-18
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
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star this property hansard heading Slavery: Children more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of provisions in the Nationality and Borders Bill relating to an age identification scheme on the treatment of child victims of trafficking and modern slavery. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 38669 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-21more like thismore than 2022-07-21
star this property answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting vulnerable children, including child victims of trafficking and modern slavery. Our age assessment process seeks to balance the needs of vulnerable children whilst preventing adults abusing the system and the age assessment reforms within the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 will further improve the accuracy of age assessment outcomes, minimising the risk that a person will be incorrectly treated as either an adult or a child.</p><p>In accordance with Section 51 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, if the Home Office is not certain of a person’s age, but has reasonable grounds to believe that they may be under 18, they will be treated as a child until an assessment of their age is carried out by a local authority or their age is otherwise determined.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-21T13:22:12.057Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-21T13:22:12.057Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this
1490143
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star this property date less than 2022-07-18more like thismore than 2022-07-18
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
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star this property hansard heading Human Trafficking: Children more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children in Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council area are in social care as victims of child trafficking. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Barnsley Central more like this
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Dan Jarvis more like this
star this property uin 38670 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-21more like thismore than 2022-07-21
star this property answer text <p>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s system for identifying and providing access to support for potential victims of modern slavery/human trafficking.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics regarding the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), which show the number of referrals made by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council by age at exploitation of the potential victim, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p><p>Please note that these statistics will not show all cases where the local authority is responsible for the potential victim as other organisations may have made referrals for children living in the Local Authority area.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-21T13:23:53.507Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-21T13:23:53.507Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Dan Jarvis more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-09-02more like thismore than 2022-09-02
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Home Office more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
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star this property hansard heading Home Office: Sports more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on the cost of the 69th Sport’s Day on 29 July 2022. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Hendon more like this
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Dr Matthew Offord more like this
star this property uin 45334 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-09-20more like thismore than 2022-09-20
star this property answer text <p>The annual Home Office Sports Day is organised by the Home Office Sports and Social Association (“ETHOS”). This is a staff network group, not a Home Office managed unit.</p><p>Civil Servants pay a monthly subscription to the Civil Service Sports Council (“CSSC”) or pay ETHOS a yearly subscription directly. ETHOS is funded by annual grants from the CSSC and direct funding from members.</p><p>As such no funding was provided by the Home Office for the 69th Annual Sports Day on the 29th July 2022.</p><p>For staff outside of London and Gatwick, the Home Office paid for some staff to travel to the event in line with existing arrangements.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-09-20T08:41:19.483Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-20T08:41:19.483Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord more like this
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star this property date less than 2022-09-02more like thismore than 2022-09-02
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Home Office more like this
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star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
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star this property hansard heading Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 May 2022 on Ratification of the Istanbul Convention, HCWS34, whether her Department plans to introduce safeguards to protect migrant women from gender-based violence in the context of the decision to apply a reservation to Article 59 of that Convention. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney more like this
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Gerald Jones more like this
star this property uin 44996 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-09-06more like thismore than 2022-09-06
star this property answer text <p>On 21<sup>st</sup> July the UK ratified the Istanbul Convention sending a strong message to women and girls across the UK, and around the world, that the Government is committed to tackling VAWG. The UK applied two reservations, including one on Article 59 which relates to support for migrant victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>The last annual progress report on ratification of the Convention confirmed that the UK’s position on Article 59 is “under review” pending the results and evaluation of the Support for Migrant Victims (SMV) Pilot Scheme. The Government will make a longer-term decision about the UK’s position on Article 59, and whether the reservation on that article should be maintained or withdrawn, in the light of the findings of the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme pilot and wider policy considerations. Therefore, we decided to apply a reservation on Article 59, which nine other countries have also done, to enable the UK to ratify as soon as possible.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting all victims of domestic abuse, including migrant victims, regardless of immigration status. Therefore, in the interim, £1.4 million of funding has been allocated in 2022-23 to continue to fund support for migrant victims of domestic abuse.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-09-06T15:50:24.53Zmore like thismore than 2022-09-06T15:50:24.53Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Gerald Jones more like this
1487010
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star this property date less than 2022-07-06more like thismore than 2022-07-06
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Home Office more like this
star this property answering dept id 1 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Home Office more like this
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star this property hansard heading Spiking more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will create a specific criminal offence for (a) drink and (b) needle spiking. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Easington more like this
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Grahame Morris more like this
star this property uin 31815 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2022-07-12more like thismore than 2022-07-12
star this property answer text <p>Spiking is an issue that the government takes very seriously. Perpetrators of such attacks need to be brought to justice, and the Government are committed to achieving that. Everybody has the right to enjoy a night out without fear.</p><p>Spiking is already illegal, and there are a range of offences which the police can use to prosecute this behaviour depending on the circumstances of individual cases.</p><p>I recognise the concerns that have been expressed that the lack of a specific spiking offence makes it more difficult to identify trends, and my department is considering the case for a criminal offence.</p><p>We will not hesitate to legislate if necessary and will inform parliament on the outcome of this consideration in October.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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less than 2022-07-12T09:55:47.63Zmore like thismore than 2022-07-12T09:55:47.63Z
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Derby North more like this
star this property answering member printed Amanda Solloway more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Amanda Solloway more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Grahame Morris more like this