Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that no products imported into the UK have been manufactured from forced labour, either from Uyghur Muslim communities or other imprisoned groups, in China.

HM Government has helped make sure that British businesses are not complicit in the violation of rights and responsibilities occurring in Xinjiang through their supply chains by requiring them to report openly on steps taken to tackle modern slavery.

Under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, businesses with a turnover of £36 million or more which carry on a business (or part of a business) in the United Kingdom, wherever incorporated or formed, are required to publish annual modern slavery statements, setting out steps taken to prevent modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.