Overseas Trade: Human Rights
Lords · Question HL609 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Baroness Goudie
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to deny preferential trading rights to companies from countries with poor human rights records.
Answer
Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 16 Sep 2024
The Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The UK monitors all countries on the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) on an ongoing ba...