PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Business: Human Rights (13 July 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) his Cabinet colleagues, (b) business leaders and (c) civil society organisations on the Government's National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State is committed to the Government’s approach on business and human rights and the Department jointly leads with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the UK’s National Action Plan. Together we drive cross-Government delivery of its commitments through an official-level steering group.

Ministers and officials from this Department and across Government have discussions in many contexts with business and civil society organisations, which touch on aspects of the very broad business and human rights agenda, for example, on such matters as labour practices, equality and diversity, health and safety, modern slavery, and more besides.

Answered by:
Margot James (Conservative)
18 July 2017