Modern Slavery Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:30 pm ar 9 Medi 2014.
With this it will be convenient to discuss clause 15 stand part.
Clause 14 is a technical provision on which I will not detain the Committee, but clause 15 introduces the slavery and trafficking prevention orders, which are a critical part of our strategy for addressing modern slavery. The pre-legislative scrutiny Committee talked a great deal about prevention being as important as pursuit in that context. We agree with that point. Prevention is critical, and the slavery and trafficking prevention orders on sentencing are being introduced to give law enforcement and the courts the power they need to prevent the harm caused by slavery and human trafficking offences. We will address the prevention orders in more detail later, so I will not detain the Committee further.