Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip (in respect of her portfolio responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:33 pm on 6 December 2017.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:33, 6 December 2017

The Member raises a very important point. We've established the Wales anti-slavery leadership group to provide strategic leadership and guidance on how to tackle slavery in Wales, and also to provide the best possible support for survivors. The membership of that group includes the National Crime Agency, the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, Cymru Wales Safeguarding, and other UK Government departments, academia, BAWSO, and a number of other third sector organisations. We're sharing the learning from across Wales with other partners, including the UK Government departments, and the UK Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner, and we're starting to gain quite a lot of recognition for that work. But the Member will appreciate that slavery is a very complex crime to investigate and prosecute, and it's very complex to get the range of measures in force and properly resourced.

The Member raised a very specific issue, which I'm afraid I'm not across at the moment, since I'm new in the portfolio. I'd be more than happy to look at the specifics of that, if he wants to write to me about it.