Michael Connarty
Labour Member of UK Parliament - Linlithgow and East Falkirk Constituency
WHY NO JOINT STRATEGY WITH SCOTLAND ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING?
Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings she has had with the Scottish Government to discuss a UK-wide approach to tackling (a) human trafficking and (b) child trafficking since May 2010. [86932]
Damian Green: The Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), has not had meetings with the Scottish Government to discuss a UK-wide approach to tackling human trafficking, including child trafficking.
I chair the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking, of which, the Scottish Government are a standing member.
Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons she has decided to discontinue the production and publication of a human trafficking strategy jointly with the Scottish Government. [86931]
Damian Green: The UK Government's Human Trafficking strategy was published on 19 July 2011 and sets out the UK's response to fighting human trafficking.
The strategy reflects the UK's intention to work with international partners and to work smarter at the border to prevent traffickers from entering the UK. The strategy also sets out the new victim care arrangements introduced in England and Wales from 1 July 2011. Similar victim care arrangements are already in place in Scotland.
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