Import Controls: Forced Labour
Commons · Question 228 · Tabled 17 Jul 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
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
Answered by Douglas Alexander, 26 Jul 2024
No 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 ...