My hon. Friend, who was such a committed member of the Public Bill Committee, makes an important point. The Government have already legislated to require companies to disclose in their annual reports under the Companies Act that they respect human rights throughout their business. We wanted to ensure that there was a further requirement on slavery, so we ensured that there was full transparency on slavery in supply chains in addition to the requirement that we have already included in the Companies Act.
Modern Slavery Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Karen Bradley
(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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