PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Business: Human Rights (29 August 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's Action Plan on Business and Human Rights in the last year on the (a) conduct, planning and composition of Ministerial-led trade delegations and (b) operations overseas of British businesses.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

Following the publication of the National Action Plan (NAP), we have ensured that all trade delegations are briefed on business and human rights and that companies are made aware of relevant human rights risks and challenges relating to all markets. We have re-launched the Overseas Business Risk website to help companies mitigate business risk and seek to ensure, in accordance with the aims of the NAP, that the operations of all UK businesses, wherever they operate, respect their responsibilities for human rights.

Answered by:
Sir David Lidington (Conservative)
3 September 2014