| Heading: |
Companies: Conditions of Employment and Environment |
| Question ID: |
1760009 |
| UIN: |
27451 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5064 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Steve Race
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| Asking Member handle: |
steve_race
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@steve_race
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is offering to businesses to alter articles of association to align the interests of (a) people, (b) the planet and (c) profit. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-06 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4418 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Justin Madders
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| Answering Member handle: |
justinmadders
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@justinmadders
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| Answer text: |
Under section 21 of the Companies Act 2006, a company may alter its articles of association by special resolution (requiring 75% approval of its shareholders), and under section 172(2) of the Act, a company may set out a distinctive purpose that its direc... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |