§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what checks are made on the importation of products manufactured in the People's Republic of China in order to ensure that they have not been produced in prison labour camps; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RedwoodSuch trade is governed by the Foreign Prison Made Goods Act 1897, as amended in 1988. For enforcement of the Act, the Government have to rely in the main on the private sector or others to supply sufficient information to Customs and Excise.