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We are committed to reviewing our Action Plan in 2015. We will use a cross-Government
approach, as we did when developing the National Action Plan, to reflect the fact
that business and human rights runs across a broad range of Government activities
and responsibilities. A cross-Government Steering Group, led by the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office (FCO) and the department for Business Innovation and Skills, and including
around 10 other government departments, oversees delivery of the Action Plan. A detailed
implementation plan sets out the action needed to deliver against each of the Action
Plan commitments, and the departments responsible for taking this forward. This provides
a mechanism for ensuring that all Whitehall departments understand their roles in
delivering the Action Plan, and for monitoring progress and holding departments to
account. We are committed to reporting on progress in the FCO’s Annual Human Rights
and Democracy Report. We are working with business and civil society to ensure that
the Action Plan delivers real impacts and contributes to preventing human rights abuses
by companies wherever they operate, or providing remedy when they occur. We will continue
to consult and collaborate with key stakeholders in monitoring delivery of this plan
and helping to refresh and update it in future.
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