A question on #Slavery #Victims tabled by Lisa Smart on 25-04-2025 has been answered by Jess Phillips.

Heading: Slavery: Victims
Question ID: 1797365
UIN: 48204
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-25
Asking Member ID: 5070
Asking Member display name: Lisa Smart
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lisa Smart
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the ban on people in the National Referral Mechanism working if they have been waiting for a decision for over three mo
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Date answered: 2025-05-06
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Answering Member ID: 4370
Answering Member display name: Jess Phillips
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Jess Phillips
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Answer text: An individual’s right to work depends on their immigration status in the UK. Many victims of modern slavery already have the legal right to work owing to being British or due to having pre-existing leave to remain for another reason.Victims with a right t...
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Answering body ID: 1
Answering body name: Home Office
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