Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 2529
Developing Countries Trading Scheme
Tabled: 30 July 2024
Answered: 5 September 2024
Question
Apsana Begum
Labour — Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department (a) monitors and (b) assesses the extent to which countries participating in the Developing Countries Trading Scheme comply with international (i) human rights, (ii) labour right
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The UK monitors all countries on the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) on an ongoing ba...
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