HC Deb 21 May 1997 vol 294 cc92-3W
22. Mr. Connarty

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what are her Department's plans for encouraging ethical and socially responsible practices by businesses which are active in developing countries. [334]

Clare Short

We see sound ethical practice as central to international development policy. We are looking at a range of ways of working with business and interested non-Governmental organisations to achieve this and to assist the formulation of practical codes of conduct.

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