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Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
The bill’s formal description, sponsors and the full list of documents Parliament has published for it, bill text at each stage, Explanatory Notes, Impact Assessments, amendment papers, written evidence and committee reports.
Long title · Parliament’s official description
A Bill to place a duty on commercial organisations and public authorities to prevent human rights and environmental harms, including an obligation to conduct and publish human rights and environmental due diligence assessments on their own operations, subsidiaries, and value chains; to make provision for civil liability, penalties, and a criminal offence for failures to comply with the duty; and for connected purposes.
Sponsors · 1
- Baroness Young of HornseyCrossbenchLife peer
Bill · 1
- HL Bill 17 (as introduced)Lords28 Nov 2023· 521 KB
Explanatory Notes · 1
- HL Bill 17 Explanatory NotesLords28 Nov 2023· 384 KB
Briefing papers · 1
- Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]: HL Bill 17 of 2023–24Lords29 Apr 2024
Select Committee report · 1
- Third Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform CommitteeLords15 Dec 2023