Question follow-through · 29157
Visas: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the employer sponsorship model.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 14 Feb 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the employer sponsorship model.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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14 Feb 2025
Answer published
A key objective of the sponsorship system is to ensure that migrant workers are protected against modern slavery and other labour abuses. All sponsors are required to comply with wider UK law, including the Modern Slavery Act, and the Home Office can, an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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