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1416422

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date	25/01/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with her international partners to encourage major multinational companies to become more sustainable.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	111494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The UK Government works closely with international partners and major multinationals to encourage them to become more sustainable.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As an example in December 2021 under UK's Presidency of the G7, Ministers met with CEOs and seniors from 19 major food and agriculture companies to launch the G7 Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSI). This is a new commitment of 22 leading food and agriculture companies headquartered in G7 countries to take action to improve the environmental and social impact of their supply chains and business operations. Ahead of COP26, we set up a business advisory council of global leaders from the private sector, encouraging members to work with their peers and supply chains to drive action. This group includes Ikea, Unilever and is co-chaired by Legal and General Investment Management's CEO. Further, we have encouraged companies to sign up to Race to Zero, requiring businesses to set net zero targets by 2050 and have credible action plans to get there. By Jan 2022, over 5000 companies had joined. (SDG13: Climate Action)</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We work closely with international partners and major multinationals to encourage them to become more sustainable. The UK government is a signatory to the 1976 OECD Declaration on International Investment and MNEs which adopted the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and has consistently supported the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. We support codes of conduct, certificates and standards organisations which encourage businesses to be socially responsible, environmentally sound and help defeat modern slavery across their value chains.</ins></p> answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling question first answered 02/02/2022 10:24:09 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2022 09:58:03 answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling previous answer version 48145 answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1355770

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Western Sahara: Armed Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 21 January 2021 to Question 142052; Western Sahara: armed forces how many Moroccan soldiers are based (a) along the berm and (b) elsewhere in Western Sahara.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	50133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Since 15 August, the UK has evacuated over 15,000 people from Afghanistan including 30 charter flights. That includes: over 8,000 British Nationals, close to 5,000 Afghans who loyally served the UK, along with their dependents, and around 500 special cases of particularly vulnerable Afghans, including Chevening scholars, academics, researchers, journalists, human rights defenders, campaigners for women's rights, judges and many others.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Rapid Deployment Teams have been sent to Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to reinforce our Embassy staff to process arrivals from Afghanistan. Teams have also deployed to Qatar and UAE to assist our operations there and we are providing consular support to British nationals who were evacuated by other allies, including via US airbases in Europe.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">According to the UN, Morocco maintains a significant security presence in Western Sahara, primarily in fortified positions along a berm running the entire length of the territory.</ins></p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 20/09/2021 16:57:35 question first ministerially corrected 28/09/2021 10:52:54 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly previous answer version 22414 answering member constituency Cannock Chase answering member printed Amanda Milling answering member 4454 label Biography information for Dame Amanda Milling
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel