questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) calling for stronger provisions on (i) legal liability and (ii) redress for victims and (b) including references to a right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment in a UN binding treaty on business and human rights.
answerText: The UK Government is committed to supporting the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights, and in response produced a National Action Plan. The UK attended the 9th Session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corpor...
heading: Business: Human Rights