The Minister has not spelled out any dates. The matter has gone through the Joint Committee, it has been debated and there have been various hearings. New clause 11 says that the Secretary of State “may issue guidance”. What we are not getting is any sense of the operational requirements on a company such as Tesco, which was benefiting from slave labour in the fishing industry in Thailand. What would companies be required to do operationally under this guidance?
Modern Slavery Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Steve Barclay
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 November 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Modern Slavery Bill.
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