Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 63196
Supply Chains: Environment Protection and Human Rights
Tabled: 26 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of whether UK (a) company and (b) public sector supply chains are involved in (i) environmental harms and (ii) human rights abuses (A) in the UK and (B) overseas
Answer
Mr Douglas AlexanderIn the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses, modern slavery, and environmental harms in global supply chains.The review will be a neutra...
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