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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...