Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 117602

Clothing: Manufacturing Industries

Tabled: 3 March 2026

Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Mr Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the prevalence of unfair trading practices in the UK clothing supply chain and (b) the potential merits of establishing a Garment Trading Adjudicator to provide

Answer

Chris Bryant

The government expects all UK businesses to respect human rights and the environment throughout their supply chains in line with the OECD Guidelines and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Section 54 of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 req...

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