Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 115517
Forced Labour: Uyghurs
Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Question
Luke Akehurst
Labour — North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the United States’ Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act; and whether he plans to introduce similar legislation.
Answer
Chris BryantThe Government is committed to tackling forced labour in UK and global supply chains and ensuring that UK businesses are not complicit in human rights abuses. Import bans are one of a range of tools that could be used to tackle forced labour in global sup...
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