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Import Controls: Forced Labour

Asked by Alicia KearnsConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 26 July 2024UIN 228

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing controls to prevent the import of products made with Uyghur forced labour.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

No company in the UK should have forced labour in its supply chain. The Department for Business and Trade will continue to assess and monitor the effectiveness of the UK's existing measures, alongside the impacts of new policy tools that are emerging, to ensure it can best tackle forced labour in supply chains, and work with businesses and international partners to understand the impact of measures to combat forced labour.

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