The Report indicates that the approval of new suppliers is as follows: "Our due diligence process - Supplier approval. All new suppliers to our food business go through robust approval mechanisms.

• Before approval as a supplier, all Tier 1 sites must complete a detailed self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) on Sedex, which includes questions on site management systems, labour use, recruitment and contracts – all of which can help indicate any immediate modern slavery concerns.

• Tier 1 sites in countries we’ve identified as high-risk must have an approved independent audit in place before approval and, where serious breaches of the Code have been identified, sites need to address issues prior to approval.

-We also take the strength of potential suppliers’ ethical trading programmes into account, along with their strategy for identifying, preventing and addressing issues of modern slavery".

The statement goes on to state the methods used to assess the risk .