"How about, highlighting the fact that the house-elf welfare act isn’t actually enforced?" Harry suggested, "Or you could try and promote the introduction of systems to support them should they be given clothes and freed? Imagine what would have happened to Winky, if Dumbledore hadn’t taken her in? Where would she have gone? Lived on the streets, maybe? With no way to make money or look after herself?" Hermione paused, thinking about his suggestion, "I think they should be free Hermione - and paid for their work. But we’ve got to start by convincing wizards they should actually care about them, cause’ at the moment, I don’t think a lot of them do," the rest of the journey down to dinner was made in contemplative silence.