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Bill Introduced 17 Jun 2026 ↗ Parliament

Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]

A Bill to place a duty on commercial organisations and public authorities to prevent human rights and environmental harms, including an obligation to conduct human rights and environmental due diligence, in their own operations, subsidiaries, and value chains in line with international standards; to make provision for civil liability, access to justice for victims, an enforcement body, penalties, and a criminal offence for failures to comply with the duty; and for connected purposes.

Legislative progress

Lords 17 Jun 2026
1st reading
Lords
2nd reading

Bill documents

Chamber debates