Extract from report
stage of the Nationality and Borders Bill
(Chingford and Woodford
Green) (Con):...We should be proud that a Parliament can work to
do right by people who have too often been abused. I also remind
those here today, and others who may or may not be watching, that
the National Crime
Agency figures now show that between 6,000 and
8,000 modern slavery offenders are in the UK, but there were just
331 prosecutions in 2020 under the Modern Slavery Act and only 49
convictions. Does that not tell us a story? It tells us that,
good as we think we are, we are not winning this battle, and the
police know it...
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Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Magnitsky Sanctions: Human
Rights Abuses
(Cardiff South and Penarth)
(Lab/Co-op):...It is welcome that corruption has been included in
the regime of offences for which sanctions can be applied under
the 2021 regulations. We hope that will act as a huge deterrent
to the activity that sees £100 billion illegally flowing through
the UK every year, according to the National Crime
Agency We have seen the FCDO designate 49
individuals with sanctions, including visa restrictions and asset
freezes: Saudis involved in the death of Jamal Khashoggi,
Russians involved in the murder of Sergei Magnitsky, Myanmar
generals involved in genocide against the Rohingya and those
involved in North Korean concentration camps.
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