| Heading: |
Companies: Conditions of Employment and Environment |
| Question ID: |
1760007 |
| UIN: |
27449 |
| 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that company directors consider the interests of (a) workers and (b) the environment. |
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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 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006, company directors are required to have regard to the interests of the company’s employees and the impact of the company’s operations on the environment. Since 2019, directors of large companies have been req... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |