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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has provided to help UK businesses uphold their responsibilities to international human rights in the last year.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The government continues to provide support and help to British companies worldwide. We have re-launched the Overseas Business Risk website to inform companies so that they may mitigate business risk in exports and investment overseas; issued guidance to all embassies and high commissions on how to conduct business and human rights overseas; worked with the financial sector to support focus on human rights reporting and increased transparency for investors; and we are due to launch guidance for the ICT sector on human rights risks related to cyber exports.

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