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Corporate Governance

Commons · Question 59833 · Tabled 13 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had meetings with (i) business representatives and (ii) civil society organisations on changing shareholder primacy into stakeholder prima

Answer

Answered by Justin Madders, 23 Jun 2025

The Government welcomes suggestions on how to ensure companies consider wider stakeholder interests alongside the needs of stakeholders. As part of this, officials have engaged with industry-led reports such as the Demos report, "The Purpose Dividend...