Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
Commons · Question 117602 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the prevalence of unfair trading practices in the UK clothing supply chain and (b) the potential merits of establishing a Garment Trading Adjudicator to provide
Answer
Answered by Chris Bryant, 9 Mar 2026
The government expects all UK businesses to respect human rights and the environment throughout their supply chains in line with the OECD Guidelines and UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Section 54 of the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 req...