Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 103833

Imports: Forced Labour

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

Anneliese Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that importers ensure that their goods are free from forced labour.

Answer

Chris Bryant

The 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. A range of existing measures already support this, including the Procurement Act 2023, Overseas ...

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