United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 135430
Business: Environment Protection and Human Rights
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7 March 2022
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15 March 2022 · Answer
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Environment
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15 March 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a failure-to-prevent legal mechanism to help prevent corporate (a) human rights abuses and (b) envir
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7 March 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a failure-to-prevent legal mechanism to help prevent corporate (a) human rights abuses and (b) envir
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15 March 2022
Answer
The UK has a strong record on human rights and environmental awareness and protection, much of which results from our framework of legislation. The UK already requires companies to undertake due diligence on sustainability matters under existing legislati...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-03-07/135430
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1438538
- uk · wq-1438538 · source updated 15 March 2022