| Heading: |
Tea: Procurement |
| Question ID: |
1811267 |
| UIN: |
58865 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5251 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Martin Rhodes
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| Asking Member handle: |
MartinRhodes21
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@MartinRhodes21
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to help tackle (a) exploitative and (b) environmentally unsustainable purchasing practices in the tea sector. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
632 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answering Member handle: |
D_G_Alexander
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@D_G_Alexander
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The UK has a range of measures in place to promote responsible business conduct across the economy. The Government also supports voluntary due diligence approaches taken by UK businesses to identify and prevent human rights abuses and environmental harms ... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |