National Preventive Mechanism Tenth TenthAnnual AnnualReport Report 2018–19 2018–19 mandate to prevent ill-treatment in line with international requirements can be ensured. The CAT also called for better resourcing for the NPM and we are now ready to discuss exactly how that should be delivered with the Government. It is regrettable that the NPM still does not know what the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) position is on the matter of NPM legislation, the fact that we have been trying to make progress with the MoJ on this crucial matter for five years, and the repeated recommendations from international human rights bodies and select committees stating clearly that the NPM should be put on a statutory footing. The Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), an international body set up under OPCAT, announced during the reporting year that it would be carrying out its first ever visit to the United Kingdom later in 2019: a significant moment for the NPM. At the time of writing, this visit had concluded and we are awaiting a report from the SPT. The NPM invested significant time in ensuring that the SPT understood our concerns about the situation in detention in the UK, as well as our view of the main challenges to meeting our responsibilities under OPCAT. The fact that the SPT decided to prioritise a visit to the UK was a reminder that there is much more to be done to make sure we fulfil our role to prevent ill-treatment. John Wadham Chair UK National Preventive Mechanism 6