HC Deb 14 July 1997 vol 298 c48W
Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations her Department has made about establishing a human rights clause in the World Trade Organisation. [8014]

Clare Short

The Government is firmly committed to ending abusive labour practices, including exploitative child and forced labour, world-wide. We are pursuing this objective in the ILO and through other international fora. We are also exploring how the WTO might be used to reinforce this work.

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