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Volkswagen: Audit

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan SmithConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 18 October 2024UIN 8409

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report entitled Classification of the audit at SAIC-Volkswagen (Xinjiang) Automotive Ltd, published by Volkswagen in September 2024.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. This Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The Government is reviewing how we can best tackle forced labour in supply chains.

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