| Heading: |
Corporate Governance |
| Question ID: |
1814494 |
| UIN: |
61299 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5052 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Patrick Hurley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Patrick Hurley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring companies to amend articles of association to reflect (a) environmental and (b) stakeholder responsibilities. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-27 |
| 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: |
Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 requires company directors to have regard in their decision-making to the interests of their employees, customers and suppliers, and also to the impact of the company’s operations on the community and the environment.... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |