Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There is wide recognition of a few weaknesses in the U.K. act, as with any legislation after some experience, and there's some talk of amendment bills coming in. There are issues around the reporting repository, that there should have been one established that's easily accessible

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  It is a contested space. My personal view is that it doesn't really matter where you start, the reality of the supply chain accountability is that you cascade down the supply chain so that the reporting is by the people at the top, but it requires accountability down the supply c

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  There have been two parallel processes. One is a major parliamentary inquiry by the foreign affairs, defence and trade committee that is to report probably in the next couple of days, and they've gone wider than just these issues. They've done child sexual exploitation, orphanage

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The definition of a child is a person under 18 years of age. That's correct.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  No, that's not the goal. There's more than one minimum age. There is the general minimum age for entry into work, which is 15 in ILO conventions. Developing countries can set it at 14. Some countries set it at 16. That age should be the age of school leaving. You should have comp

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I thank the committee for allowing me to appear today. It's a great honour and a great opportunity from our point of view. Walk Free is engaged in the measurement of global slavery, in advocacy, in working with faiths on mobilizing faith leade