This House of Lords Library briefing provides background information in advance of the second reading of the Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill in the House of Lords on Friday 8 July 2016.
Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages (143 KB , PDF)
The Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill is a private member’s bill introduced on 23 May 2016 by Baroness Young of Hornsey. The second reading has been scheduled for 8 July 2016. The Bill seeks to amend the Modern Slavery Act 2015 so that public bodies would be required to include a yearly statement on slavery and human trafficking. Currently, the Act only requires Commercial organisations to issue such a statement. The Bill would also seek to amend the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 so that public contracting authorities would be prevented from using an economic operator that has no produced a slavery and human trafficking statement. This In Focus also examines the background to the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages (143 KB , PDF)
This private member’s bill would expand the criteria of who qualifies as a family member of a refugee and people granted humanitarian protection. Additionally, it would seek to reintroduce legal aid for such cases.
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Research briefing setting out the government’s commitments covering home affairs for the House of Lords debate on the 2024 King’s Speech.
This private member’s bill would add a new registration route to the British Nationality Act 1981 so that Irish citizens who have been lawfully resident in the UK for five years could apply to be registered as British citizens.