"Fixing fashion: clothing consumption and sustainability: Government Response to the Committee's Sixteenth Report", 18 June 2019

...The Government thanks the Environmental Audit Committee for its report, Fixing Fashion, following its Inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry last year. The government notes the remit of the committee but nevertheless has been content to provide evidence and a response on the issues of modern slavery, health and safety and the minimum wage. In our response we explain the action already being taken in respect of clothing and outline our plans for the future in line with a number of high level documents including the Industrial Strategy, the 25 Year Environment Plan and our Resources and Waste Strategy - Our Waste, Our Resources: a Strategy for England...

The response sets out how we will ensure workers, including those employed in the fashion industry, have access to the rights and protections they deserve including the. National Minimum Wage, and consideration of the recommendations made as part of the review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015...