Parliamentary joint select committee, which is reviewing draft legislation, urges government to do more to protect victims
The British government's proposed anti-slavery laws need to be simpler, stronger and far more focused on victims if the UK is to tackle the "heinous crime" of slavery, the committee tasked with scrutinising the draft legislation has warned.
In an often blunt report, the parliamentary joint select committee on the modern slavery bill urges the government, law enforcement agencies and businesses to do more to fight slavery and protect its victims. "We applaud the stated aims of this bill and the home secretary's wish to take the battle to the slave masters and traffickers but we are concerned that this bill as currently drafted will not achieve what it must," said Baroness Butler-Sloss, one of the committee members.
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