PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Business: Human Rights (1 September 2014)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which trade associations or sector groupings of companies have developed guidance on human rights and due diligence over the last year; and what steps his Department is taking to support such initiatives.

Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

There is no central repository in the UK that captures sector specific guidance on business and human rights. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills continues to work with bodies including Business in the Community, the Ethical Trading Initiative and the British Retail Consortium on guidance for their respective members, drawing on the “Good Business: Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”.

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