Question follow-through · 5827
Overseas Trade: Forced Labour
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Classification of the audit at SAIC-Volkswagen (Xinjiang) Automotive Ltd, published in September 2024, what steps the Government is taking to ensure products enter
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Classification of the audit at SAIC-Volkswagen (Xinjiang) Automotive Ltd, published in September 2024, what steps the Government is taking to ensure products enter
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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9 Oct 2024
Answer published
No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. This Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The Government is reviewing how we c...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Volkswagen: Audit
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Batteries and Lithium
30 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to (a) support the development of the UK’s lithium industry and (b) enhance battery manufacturing capabilities.
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to commence the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
Minerals: Xinjiang
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the findings of the Global Rights Compliance report entitled Risk at the Source: Critical Mineral Supply Chains and State-I
Motor Vehicles: USA
5 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help small-volume automotive manufacturers access the US market.