While the Minister is on the point about the interdepartmental group, will it recognise—I hope that it will—that British consumers have shown that they are willing to pay a higher price for an ethical product as a result of the fair trade campaign and fair trade labelling? Secondly, if I were a purchaser, which I am not, I would steer very clear of bricks made in Pakistan or matches made in India, knowing that many of them are produced by either bonded labour or child labour.
Modern Slavery Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hylton
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 10 December 2014.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Modern Slavery Bill.
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