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 PartyNorth 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 Alexander
In 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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