Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what evidence the Government plans to use to assess the effective implementation of core human and labour rights UN/ILO conventions of countries accessing trade preferences under the least developed countries framework, general framework or enhanced framework.
At the end of the Transition Period, the United Kingdom will create her Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), which will take a similar approach to the conditions in the EU GSP.
HM Government will draw on monitoring body reports and other assessments produced by international organisations – such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations – on an annual basis for all three tiers, as well as harnessing available information provided by our diplomatic network to reach our own decisions.
If any violations of the requirements resulted in a suspension of preferences, information will be reported publicly and communicated to Parliament.