A Shein representative declined to provide a direct answer when asked by a British parliamentary committee on Tuesday whether the online fast-fashion retailer uses cotton from China or from its Xinjiang province,

A lawyer for Shein summoned to a British parliamentary hearing evaded questions Tuesday on whether the fast-fashion giant sells products containing cotton from China, angering lawmakers seeking answers on the retailer's labor practices and allegations of forced labor in its supply chains.

A representative of fast fashion clothing brand Shein repeatedly refuses to deny that the company uses cotton sourced from China, where practices are widely speculated to use modern slavery.