Modern Slavery

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 2:28 pm on 18 July 2018.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 2:28, 18 July 2018

There is evidence of forced labour in hand car washes, and it's believed to be growing from 10,000 to 20,000 businesses in the UK, and many of those are unregulated. We know that the UK Government has launched a hand car wash inquiry last April, and the main goal is to look at, principally, environmental impacts and the regulations that govern hand car washes, but it is also going to look at how the UK Government is meeting its obligation to reduce human exploitation under the UN sustainable development goals. Leader of the house, will the Welsh Government consider launching a similar inquiry that focuses on the regulation of such industries, and their link to human trafficking and exploitation?