Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 49626
Imports: Standards
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Tom Rutland
Labour — East Worthing and Shoreham
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to audit overseas factories that import into the UK for the same (a) social and (b) ethical compliance standards applied to domestic manufacturers.
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderThe UK supports voluntary due diligence approaches taken by UK businesses to identify and prevent exploitation of workers and prevent environmental harms across their operations and supply chains, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Hum...
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