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Forced Labour: Uyghurs

Commons · Question 28049 · Tabled 3 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 11 Feb 2025

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Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security of 6 November 2024, Official Report, col 71WH, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 11 Feb 2025

We will continue to assess and monitor the effectiveness of the UK’s existing measures alongside other policy tools to tackle forced labour in supply chains.The Government views import bans as one of a range of tools that could be used to tackle forced la...