Speeches by Kumar.

“Okay. So you have seen some clothes being manufactured, but you cannot say whether it was cotton or not cotton or anything about the product itself?”

“I will move on. In the latest sustainability and social impact report, you reported two cases of child labour in your supply chain. How confident are you that your supply chain is child-labour free?”

“I am staying with Tesco. In your most recent modern slavery statement, you have confirmed two to four instances of exploitation in your operations and around 15 in your supply chain. So 48% of your high-risk suppliers have had incidences of labour market non-compliance. Is labour non-compliance part of your business mo…”

“The culture and the tone of any company are always led by the top and by the leadership. How do you think, therefore, apart from spot-checking that you are doing, to eliminate or reduce the number of cases of any sort of inappropriate behaviour? All I have heard so far is spot-checking. What other mechanisms do you hav…”

“Would you be happy to provide a statement to us, afterwards, with the results?”

“I want to follow up with Mr Macrow. Unlike Tesco, you do not publish any findings from your due diligence in your modern slavery statement. Why do you not publish the results?”

“Are these cases going to the police when needed and when necessary? Some of the situations that have arisen are quite dire. What actually happens afterwards?”

“You say it was for only a couple of days that child labour was taking place?”

“Would you be able to supply that to us?”

“In the cases that you agree there have been, how long did child labour continue in that service?”

“Can you provide the Committee with some evidence of places or people or companies that you have been working with that have not worked well and because of child labour. You said that you are collecting this data. Can you present that data to us?”

“How many suppliers’ contracts have you terminated because of a suspicion or evidence of child labour in that supply chain?”

“Following on from there, what improvements would you like to see to the Modern Slavery Act? That question is for everybody.”

“Thank you.”

“Tesco has its modern slavery statement. You have not published your findings and the results of the findings. I am asking you whether you can supply that to us.”

“Of course. One of the things MSK physiotherapists look at is spinal fractures, 70% of which happen in the thoracic spine, generally in older women who have had poor bone health. It is essential to look after bone health from a really early age, while women are in their 40s, so that when they are older, in their 50s, 60…”

“I agree with the hon. Gentleman. I have worked in paediatrics where many patients get diagnosed late and suffer with late onset. That affects their whole life from the beginning, including their ability to get involved with physical activity and to build relationships, or their mental health and sleeping patterns. Gett…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal conditions. I am grateful for the opportunity to have this debate. As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on osteoporosis and bone health, and as an advanced practice physiotherapist and first-contact practitioner, musc…”

“Are the F-35 parts not constantly trackable by GPS, or in a just-in-time supply chain that you could then see, from where they have initially set off from to another country where they have been deployed?”

“What sort of measures have been put in place to ensure the integrity and security of the F-35 supply chain, particularly with unauthorised transfers to non-partnered nations?”