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An MP has claimed that children are being bought and sold in the UK for £15,000, during a debate in Westminster Hall on human trafficking on 18 May 2011.

DUP MP David Simpson said it was not enough for the government to produce "strategies", saying it was "time for action".

The debate was led by the Conservative MP for the Cities of London and Westminster Mark Field who said that various agencies and services needed to improve their working relationships.

Mark is President of the St Andrew's Club, the oldest youth club in the world which operates out of a centre in Old Pye Street. In this video, Mark, Cllr Duncan Sandys (Lord Mayor of Westminster) and club manager, Paul Whittle, explain why the club is such a valuable local resource.

Mark makes his very first speech in the House of Commons on 27 June 2001. Behind him sits David Cameron at a time when he was a newly-elected backbench MP.

Mark attended the launch of the Global Policy Institute's new publication, 'Reforming the City', to which he contributed. He spoke at the event on the challenges ahead for the City, particularly if there was a hung parliament after the General Election. 3 December 2009.

Mark highlighted the serious concerns of home educators with regard to the recommendations of the Badman Review in a Westminster Hall debate he tabled on 9 June 2009.

In a Westminster Hall debate he tabled on 20 February 2007, Mark highlighted the problem of off-balance-sheet financing of the government's PFI projects in a speech to the then Treasury Minister, Ed Balls MP.

Mark joins a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying. 11 November 2008

Mark debates the problems of youth violence in London in a Westminster Hall debate. .

Mark raised constituents' concerns about the quality of London's maternity services in a Westminster Hall debate. 30 January 2008 .

Mark debates the Parliamentary Standards Bill.

Mark speaks about the problems of the immigration system in an Opposition Day debate on 21 October 2008

Mark asks Tony Blair about security in the aftermath of the London bombings.

Mark speaks on the state of the economy, House of Commons Chamber, 4 June 2009

Mark attends the unveiling of the statue of Sir Keith Park on Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth. 4 November 2009