Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October to Question 6252 on Forced Labour, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of potential steps he can take to help prevent goods from entering the UK market where there is evidence of forced labour in particular supply chains.

The Government will continue to assess and monitor the effectiveness of the UK’s existing measures, alongside the impacts of other policy tools. As set out in my response of 10 October 2024, this Government is committed to working with businesses and international partners to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses and to understand the impact of measures used to combat forced labour.