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	date	05/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Business: Accountability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what their policy is towards promoting environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles among UK companies.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Companies Act 2006 requires directors to have regard to impact of a company’s operations on the community and environment when exercising their duties. It also requires certain companies to provide information regarding environmental matters and social, community and human rights issues within their annual reports.</p><p>The Government’s future plans to encourage companies to consider the impact of environmental, social and governance issues are set out in <em>Mobilising Green Investment -</em> <em>2023 Green Finance Strategy</em>. This includes the Government’s plans to assess the suitability of the standards that were recently published by the International Sustainability Standards Board for use in the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 19/02/2024 14:00:03 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

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	date	06/09/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of section 65 (Temporary Leave) of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 on the victims of modern slavery.
	tabling member printed	Lord Coaker
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Section 65 of the Nationality and Borders Act confirms in primary legislation the provision of temporary permission to stay for confirmed victims of modern slavery where it is necessary, and unless relevant exemptions apply, to assist in their recovery from physical or psychological harm related to their exploitation, to enable them to claim compensation or to enable their co-operation in bringing their exploiters to justice. This will bring clarity to both victims and decision makers on when victims will and won’t be eligible for permission to stay.</p><p>We will keep the implementation of reforms in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 under close review.</p><p>The government has completed a full economic and equalities impact assessment and we will review the impact of section 65 going forward where necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 20/09/2022 16:10:01 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker