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Child Labour

Volume 229: debated on Wednesday 21 July 1993

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16.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what action he is taking to restrict the import of goods produced by child labour.

None. Open international trade is more likely to put an end to child labour by strengthening the economies of the countries concerned. There would, in any case, be severe practical difficulties in identifying goods which had been produced with child labour.