Question follow-through · 103830
Consumer Goods: Forced Labour
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that goods produced through forced labour are not purchased within the framework of government contracts.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that goods produced through forced labour are not purchased within the framework of government contracts.
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
Abhorrent practices such as forced labour and modern slavery have no place in government contracts or in wider society. This Government is determined to stamp this out. The Procurement Act 2023 provides contracting authorities with stronger powers to excl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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