HC Deb 04 November 1992 vol 213 c232W
Mr. Sumberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assurances he has been given by the Colombian authorities that coal being imported into the United Kingdom from Colombia does not come from mines which are exploiting child labour.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The Government-owned Colombian coal company, Carbocol, has assured the British Government that no coal exported to the United Kingdom is produced using child labour.