§ Mrs BrookeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans his Department has to ratify the UN Convention Against Trans National Organised Crime; what stance his Department will take on the optional protocols on(a) trafficking in persons and (b) smuggling of migrants; and if he will make a statement. [166472]
§ Caroline FlintThe United Kingdom was among the first countries to sign the UN Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime on 14 December 2000 and signed the Protocols against People Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling at the same time. We intend to ratify the Convention and both protocols as soon as all legislative requirements to bring our law into compliance with these instruments have been met.