Moved by
Lord McColl of Dulwich
292F: After Clause 170, insert the following new Clause—
“Modern slavery through control of another's property
In Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour) after subsection (1)(b) insert—
“or
(c) the person occupies or exercises some substantial control over another’s home in connection with the commission of another criminal offence and the person knows or ought to know that the other person—
(i) has not given consent,
(ii) is unable to give free and informed consent, or
(iii) has withdrawn consent.””
Member’s explanatory statement
This new Clause would make exploitation through exercise of control over another person’s property without their consent an offence under Section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act.