Does the Minister not realise that the code makes absolutely no reference to the need to address the supply chains of the major supermarkets in order to prevent modern-day slavery, such as that in the Noble/Freedom Food eggs case? I have written to her about the need to incorporate into this Bill the principle in my private Member’s Bill, the Transparency in UK Company Supply Chains (Eradication of Slavery) Bill. Nothing in this code addresses supply chains, but surely one of the ways to get a level playing field is to prevent major supermarkets from exploiting labour brought into the country as a result of human trafficking to undercut the competition.
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Michael Connarty
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 November 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords].
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