Anti-slavery Measures

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House – in the Senedd at 3:00 pm on 24 January 2018.

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Photo of David Rowlands David Rowlands UKIP 3:00, 24 January 2018

I thank the leader of the house for that answer, but Wendy Williams, HM inspector of constabulary, has said:

'While modern slavery cases can be complex and require significant manpower, many of the shortcomings in investigating these cases reflect deficiencies in basic policing practice. We found inconsistent, even ineffective, identification of victims', which led to investigations being closed prematurely.

'As a result, victims were being left unprotected, leaving perpetrators free to continue to exploit people' as nothing more than commodities. Can you please give us assurances that this is not happening in Wales, given that the Wales anti-slavery group tell us that there are 10,000 anti-slavery ambassadors in Wales, and yet we have the stark statistic that, to date, there has only been one prosecution across the whole of Wales?