Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what consideration he has given to using a human trafficking risk index in order to support a sustainable trade agenda that removes modern-day slavery practices in global supply chains.

The UK is committed to working with international partners and businesses to tackle modern slavery in global supply chains. It is vital that increased trade is not based on the exploitation and abuse of workers. The whole of government is considering what further steps we may be able to take, to prevent modern slavery, through our policy development.