Question follow-through · 4599
Business: Conduct
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK expectations on responsible business conduct address the role of purchasing practices, including price, contract length and flexibility, in low pay
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK expectations on responsible business conduct address the role of purchasing practices, including price, contract length and flexibility, in low pay
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government expects all UK businesses to respect human rights and the environment throughout their operations and supply chain relationships, including in agriculture, in line with the OECD Guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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