To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to exclude from government procurement contracts companies that do not undertake appropriate human rights due diligence, as recommended by the Joint Committee on Human Rights in its report Human Rights and Business 2017: Promoting responsibility and ensuring accountability published on 29 March (6th Report, HL Paper 153).
Answered on
27 April 2017
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Cabinet Office