Threads / Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities Duty (Human Rights and Environment) Bill [HL]
Bill Introduced 28 Nov 2023 ↗ 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 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.

Legislative progress

Lords 28 Nov 2023
1st reading
Lords 10 May 2024
2nd reading

Chamber debates