Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 5827

Overseas Trade: Forced Labour

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 9 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative — Chingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Classification of the audit at SAIC-Volkswagen (Xinjiang) Automotive Ltd, published in September 2024, what steps the Government is taking to ensure products enter

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. This Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The Government is reviewing how we c...

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