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<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum was set up in February
2014 and has met three times. Its pre-cursor, the Joint Strategic Group, was set up
in early 2013 and also met three times. The Modern Slavery Stakeholder Forum provides
an opportunity for the Home Office to engage with partners, understand what is happening
on the front-line, and develop policy collaboratively. Non-Governmental attendees
have the opportunity to engage with officials and Ministers, and to influence policy
making. <br><br>The minutes of these meetings are made available to all attendees
and are public documents available to anyone who requests them. However, it is not
considered appropriate to place the minutes of each meeting in Library of the House.<br><br>The
invite list for these meetings is subject to regular review and attendance varies
depending on the availability of those invited and the topics for discussion. At the
last meeting of 10 June 2014, 16 public officials attended which included officials
from the Home Office, other government departments, law enforcement agencies and the
devolved administrations. 20 representatives of non-governmental organisations were
invited of whom 15 attended. Separate meetings are held with private sector representatives.<br><br>No
advisors or experts, paid for by public funds, are ordinarily invited to the stakeholder
forum meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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