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British factories producing cheap throwaway clothes – including £3 dresses – are blocking inspections, bullying and underpaying staff, MPs were told yesterday.

Allegations of serious intimidation were revealed during evidence to an inquiry into waste and exploitation in the ‘fast fashion’ industry. The environmental audit committee was taking evidence from bosses at online clothing giants Missguided, Boohoo and ASOS.

MPs from all parties are concerned that the firms are encouraging people to buy throwaway fashions which are so cheap that no charity shop will accept them.

MPs from all parties are concerned that the firms are encouraging people to buy throwaway fashions which are so cheap that no charity shop will accept them. Pictured: Model wearing a Boohoo dress

Committee chairman, Labour MP Mary Creagh, told The Daily Telegraph: ‘Charity shops can’t be the dumping ground for the high street’s little secret – much of what they take they can’t sell because of the quality, and it’s very difficult to recycle the fibres.

‘They are turning it away as they can’t sell it, so fabric either goes to Europe or the developing world. It’s disrupting markets in other countries.’

Most of the companies rely on factories in Leicester to supply the clothes, alongside others in China, Pakistan and some parts of Eastern Europe.

A senior executive at Missguided said some clothing factories refused to be inspected or answer questions, raising concerns they are exploiting staff and paying below the minimum wage. Paul Smith told MPs the company had dramatically scaled back the number of suppliers and factories it used in Leicester because it became too difficult to police them.

The environmental audit committee was taking evidence from bosses at online clothing giants Missguided, Boohoo and ASOS (stock image)

Suppliers are required to sign a code of conduct, promising to pay the minimum wage and ensure staff are treated properly. But Mr Smith this was difficult to enforce and members of his team had been threatened.

He added: ‘Two members of the Missguided team in the past 18 months have been threatened or actually physically assaulted in Leicester by factory owners because they did not want us to enter their premises.

‘These were people who were not manufacturing for us, but we were scoping them out and they did not like the questions we were asking.’

Asked what he thought the factory bosses had to hide, he said: ‘Underpayment of workers is usual.’ 

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