| Heading: |
Business: Sustainable Development |
| Question ID: |
1786625 |
| UIN: |
HL5952 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
738 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Alton of Liverpool
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| Asking Member handle: |
DavidAltonHL
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@DavidAltonHL
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to align the UK with the EU Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, and what assessment they have made of the impact of such alignment on reducing trade barriers with EU. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-26 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5373 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Gustafsson
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Gustafsson
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| Answer text: |
The Government has noted the European Commission’s recent Omnibus proposal to update the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). This Directive will apply to UK companies generating over €450 million in turnover within the EU.We continue... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |