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Agriculture: Supply Chains

Asked by Dr Scott ArthurLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80358

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take through the new trade strategy to help ensure that farmers and workers in global supply chains earn a living wage.

Answered by Chris Bryant

In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK's approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses, modern slavery and environmental harms and addressing such issues.

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