Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 4
6th Report - The UK-US economic relationship: 250 years on
Published 4 Jul 2026
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The urgency of the Government’s responsible business conduct review has been underlined by the new US tariffs connected with forced labour. We reiterate our previous recommendation that the Government introduce mandatory human rights due diligence legislation and an import ban on goods produced with forced labour, building on the foundations of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. (Recommendation, Paragraph 26) 58
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 6th Report - The UK-US economic relationship: 250 years on (HC 127), 4 July 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 4 September 2026, 58 days ago.