Question follow-through · 78170
Supply Chains: Uyghurs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to undertake regular assessments of the exposure of supply chains to Uyghur forced labour.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Minerals · 27 Oct 2025
- Forced Labour · 28 Apr 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to undertake regular assessments of the exposure of supply chains to Uyghur forced labour.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
This Government stands firm on human rights, including the repression of Uyghurs, and continues to work with international partners to find ways of holding China to account.The Government’s Overseas Business Risk guidance sets out the risks of operating i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Minerals
27 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set a target date for the publication of the Critical Minerals Strategy.
Forced Labour
28 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of new Chinese Regulations on Industrial and Supply Chain Security on companies doing due diligence to check for forced labour.