Ian McColl, Baron McColl of Dulwich, (born 6 January 1933), is a British

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and

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member of the

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. McColl was made a

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for his work for

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people in the

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in 1989, which was gazetted on 29 July 1989 with the style and title of Baron McColl of Dulwich, of

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in the

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. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to

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(of which he served concurrently with John Ward MP) from 1994 to 1997 for which he was appointed a

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(CBE) in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, he was a Shadow Minister for

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. He is also a

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and surgeon to the international

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. McColl was educated at

Hutchesons' Grammar School Hutchesons' Grammar School is a private, co-educational day school for pupils aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded as Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School by George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641, making it the 19th oldest scho ...

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, and St. Paul's School,

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. He studied

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at the

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and was Professor of

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until 1998. He is a

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, where he continues to teach on the

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Legislative proposals

In June 2015, he introduced a

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to prohibit the advertising of prostitution, the Advertising of Prostitution (Prohibition) Bill 2015–16. On 26 June 2017, he introduced the Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill, a

to "make provision about identifying and supporting victims of

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". The Bill completed its

stages on 10 May 2018 and was presented to the House of Commons on 18 May 2018. The Bill would amend the period of assistance and support offered to victims with a conclusive grounds status to 12 months after a 45-day period of "reflection and recovery" ends. The same Bill was re-introduced for a First Reading in the

on 13 January 2020, and, as of 27 October 2022, is in the Second Reading in the House of Lords.

References

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