Forced Labour: Supply Chains
Lords · Question HL5152 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lord McColl of Dulwich
To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports in the Sunday Times on 26 January of forced labour in bakeries supplying high street supermarkets and a McDonald's franchise, what assessment they have made of the benefits of introducing mandatory supply
Answer
Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, 6 Mar 2025
The UK supports voluntary due diligence approaches taken by UK businesses to identify and prevent exploitation of workers across their operations and supply chains, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and the OECD G...