Business and Financial Institutions: Human Rights
Lords · Question HL4044 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Goudie
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to open a public consultation on introducing requirements on businesses and financial institutions to incentivise them to respect human rights, including those of indigenous peoples and human righ
Answer
Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, 28 Jan 2025
The Government is committed to tackling environmental harms, modern slavery and human and labour rights abuses in both private and public sector supply chains and will take an evidence-based approach as we assess the best ways to achieve this. The Departm...