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Recommendation 12
12
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We further recommend that the Government a) accelerate its plans to extend the reporting requirement...
Recommendation
We further recommend that the Government a) accelerate its plans to extend the reporting requirement to public bodies, b) enhance the transparency and accessibility of modern slavery statements, and c) develop options for civil penalties for non-compliance. We ask the Government to bring forward concrete plans for the Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang and UK value chains 25 implementation of these proposals as a matter of priority. These proposals should include a commitment to creating a publicly accessible digital depository on the Government’s website containing annual modern slavery statements. (Paragraph 60) Magnitsky sanctions and international cooperation
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states that BEIS has worked with the Home Office to support the development and strengthening of modern slavery statement provisions, but provides no specific commitment or plan for the committee's recommendations.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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45. The Government partially accepts these recommendations and is taking forward action to strengthen the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and reporting obligations. To improve the quality and detail of reporting and accelerate action to prevent modern slavery, in September 2020 the Government committed to strengthen the reporting requirements on businesses under section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, including: 10 Uyghur forced labour in Xinjiang and UK value chains: Government Response • extending the reporting requirement to public bodies with a budget of £36 million or more; • radically enhancing the transparency and accessibility of modern slavery statements by requiring organisations to publish their statements on a new Government digital reporting service; • improving the quality of statements by requiring organisations to report against specific topics, including how they risk assess their supply chains and the due diligence they have undertaken, and to clearly state if they have omitted a topic; • driving greater accountability by setting a single reporting deadline on which all modern slavery statements must be published; and • developing options for civil penalties for non-compliance in line with the ongoing work to establish a single labour market enforcement body.
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