Commenting on the Home Secretary’s announcement that the Government will accelerate its plans to ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action Against Human Trafficking, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne said:

 “These anti-trafficking changes are welcome but they should have been in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill when it was debated in the Commons, as the Liberal Democrats suggested at the time.

 “The Home Secretary should now introduce these changes in the House of Lords in order to lose no time in tackling this offensive trade in human misery.

 “This is better late than never from the Government.”