Home Affairs Select Committee transcript: Human Trafficking - May 10

In this new inquiry, launched in February 2023, the Home Affairs Committee will assess the scale of human trafficking in the UK and the forms it takes.

It will also investigate whether Government policy, legislation and the criminal justice system can be improved to prevent human trafficking, prosecute perpetrators and protect victims. 

Witnesses: Sylvia Walby (Professor of Criminology at Royal Holloway, University of London), Tatiana Gren-Jardan (Head at Joint Modern Slavery Policy Unit Justice and Care and Centre for Social Justice), Ruth Breslin (Research Associate at The Sexual Exploitation Research Programme (SERP)), Elysia McCaffrey (Chief Executive at Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority), and Ms Kate Roberts (Head of Policy at Focus on Labour Exploitation)