Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 228
Import Controls: Forced Labour
Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024
Question
Alicia Kearns
Conservative — Rutland and Stamford
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing controls to prevent the import of products made with Uyghur forced labour.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderNo company in the UK should have forced labour in its supply chain. The Department for Business and Trade will continue to assess and monitor the effectiveness of the UK's existing measures, alongside the impacts of new policy tools that are emerging, to ...
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