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Companies: Directors

Commons · Question 59439 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 20 Jun 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will amend section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 to require company directors to balance the duty to promote the success of the company with duties to (a) employees and (b) the enviro

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 20 Jun 2025

Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 requires company directors to have regard in their decision-making to the interests of their employees and to the impact of the company's operations on the community and the environment. All large companies must repor...