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Uyghurs: Supply Chains

Commons · Question 83825 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

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Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding (a) civil society and (b) academic institutions to conduct (i) forced labour and (ii) supply chain resea

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Answered by Seema Malhotra, 11 Nov 2025

The Government regularly works with civil society and academic institutions to fund a variety of research, including topics such as forced labour. We keep under review how we can best tackle forced labour in supply chains, by working across government dep...