HC Deb 10 December 1997 vol 302 c615W
Mr. Stephen Twigg

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she takes to ensure that contracts funded by her Department are not given to companies which use child labour; and what monitoring is undertaken of this issue. [20050]

Clare Short

My Department is reviewing the procedures it follows in order to ensure there is no exploitation of child labour in the contracts we finance.