Human Trafficking

EDM number 779 in 2010-12, proposed by Keith Vaz on 11/10/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Crime and Human rights.

That this House notes with concern that the EU Directive on Human Trafficking may not be adopted by the UK Government; further notes that at least 2,600 women have been trafficked into England and Wales according to the Association of Chief Police Officers; calls on the Government to consider human trafficking as an international crime that requires an international response founded on partnership working across the 27 countries in the EU; and urges the Government to consider opting-in to the EU Directive in March in order to protect those who fall victim to human trafficking and to more effectively prosecute those who commit this crime.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.