Question follow-through · 49077
Companies: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that company directors align the interests of (a) workers, (b) the environment and (c) wider society with shareholder returns.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that company directors align the interests of (a) workers, (b) the environment and (c) wider society with shareholder returns.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
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6 May 2025
Answer published
Section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006 requires company directors to have regard to the interests of the company’s employees and the impact of the company’s operations on the community and the environment. Since 2019, directors of large companies have b...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) small and (b) start-up businesses.