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Overseas Trade: Saudi Arabia

Question for Department for International Trade

UIN 4966, tabled on 13 July 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights has informed his Department's policies on trade and investment with Saudi Arabia.

Answered on

18 July 2017

The UK is strongly committed to the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide. The National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights is included in the Department for International Trade’s online advice to businesses operating in Saudi Arabia to highlight the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and their responsibilities under national and international law wherever they operate. In addition, the Department continues to work with all international partners on the promotion of Human Rights in its international engagements.

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