A Shein representative declined to provide a direct answer when asked by a British parliamentary committee on Tuesday whether the company uses cotton from China in its products.

The fast-fashion online retailer’s general counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Yinan Zhu, said: “The suppliers we work with, they are based in China, in Turkey and Brazil, and obviously many of them are in China.”

“With due respect, may I please ask for permission to be able to write to you about further questions you may have,” she said, when pressed further on if the company sourced cotton from China.