Human Rights (Joint Committee)
11 November 2026
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Human Rights (Joint Committee) Actual start House of Lords
Follow its sittings18:06 - 19:13
Speaker 1
And welcome to the 12th meeting of the new session of Parliament of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Committee is made up of 12 members drawn equally from both Houses. Our role is to examine our public policy, including legislation and practice, impact the human rights of people in the United Kingdom. You can view our recent reports including the Human Rights and the Regulation of AI and Northern Ireland Legacy Bill on our website. Our current thematic inquiry is on the impact of security, safety and protests on human rights.
This is the second oral session of the inquiry on the immigration asylum bill, which is our current legislative inquiry. I'd like to introduce our witnesses: Eleanor Lyons, who has come before us before on this matter, Eleonora Fais and Professor Parosha Chandran, hope I've pronounced that correctly. Parosha. Parosha, thank you.
I will ask the first question. So the bill makes various changes to the law relating to modern slavery. In your view, are there problems with the current system for identifying and protecting victims? If so, does this bill provide the solutions, Eleanor?
19:13 - 19:37
Speaker 2
Thank you, and it's good to be here today. I think first of all it's worth noting the good things that the system does at the moment, and I think we should be proud that we identified over 23,000 victims of modern slavery in the UK last year, and we have offered them our support and care, but I think it's also fair to say there are broader challenges in the system when it comes to supporting victims. First responder organisations aren't always aware of their responsibilities and they're not always very good at referring victims to the National Referral Mechanism consistently and with quality applications.
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