Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report from Dr Laura Murphy, The Manifest Modernization Act: Enhancing Visibility Into Forced Labor Risks in U.S. Supply Chains, published on 8 December 2025, and of the benefits of publicly available manifest data for air, rail and road.

The Government is committed to rooting out forced labour, human rights abuses, exploitative environmental practices, bribery and corruption. These abhorrent practices have no place in UK supply chains or the global economy, and we recognise the importance of transparency and effective due diligence in identifying and addressing those risks. We also engage with our partners internationally on these issues, including the United States.