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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-10-02more like thismore than 2019-10-02
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury remove filter
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Banks: Investment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to increase the transparency of banks' investments, in particular the financing of arms, pesticides, plastic packaging and fossil fuels. more like this
tabling member constituency Newcastle-under-Lyme more like this
tabling member printed
Paul Farrelly more like this
uin 293483 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-10-07more like thismore than 2019-10-07
answer text <p>The Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Non-Financial Reporting) Regulations 2016 require banks to disclose the impact of their activities on social and environmental matters.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government launched in July its Green Finance Strategy with the ambition to align private sector financial flows with clean, environmentally sustainable and resilient growth. In the Strategy, the Government set an expectation that all listed companies and large asset owners, including banks, will make disclosures in line with the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures by 2022.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Salisbury more like this
answering member printed John Glen more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-10-07T14:05:58.82Zmore like thismore than 2019-10-07T14:05:58.82Z
answering member
4051
label Biography information for John Glen more like this
tabling member
1436
label Biography information for Paul Farrelly more like this