The Bishop of Newcastle asked a question on cross-departmental work for protection of child migrants from trafficking and modern slavery on 12th October 2026:
The Lord Bishop of Newcastle: My Lords, according to Home Office statistics, in the first six months of 2025, 10% of detected small boat arrivals were children. What steps are being taken to implement the recommendation of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and Every Child Protected Against Trafficking to develop a cross-departmental UK-wide child exploitation strategy?
Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab, Home Office): The right reverend Prelate has answered her own question: we are working across Whitehall in exactly the way she describes. Where we need additional legislative support to achieve that, we have legislation coming before the House once it has finished in the other place. So, she is absolutely right, and that is exactly how we will deal with these issues: on a cross-Whitehall basis.
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