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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Human Rights and Business inquiry

Inquiry by the Human Rights (Joint Committee), 16 June 2016 to 15 June 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 20 July 2016: Peter Frankental, Economic Relations Programme Director, Amnesty International UK , John Morrison, Chief Executive, Institute for Human Rights and Business , and Marilyn Croser, Executive Director, Corporate Responsibility Coalition .
  • 7 September 2016: Daniel Blackburn, Director, International Centre for Trade Union Rights, Professor Keith Ewing, King's College London and President of the Institute of Employment Rights, and Owen Tudor, Head of European Union and International Relations, Trade Union Congress.
  • 19 October 2016: Shanta Martin and Richard Meeran, Leigh Day, Sue Willman, Deighton Pierce Glynn, and Ingrid Gubbay, Hausfeld LLP.
  • 2 November 2016: John Gbei.
  • 16 November 2016: Andrew Silvester, Head of Campaigns, Institute of Directors, and Debbie Coulter, Head of Programmes, Ethical Trading Initiative.
  • 25 January 2017: Rob Billington, Director, Group Production and Sourcing, Mulberry, Mike Barry, Director, Sustainable Business, Marks and Spencer, Nick Beighton, Chief Executive, ASOS, and Chris Grayer, Manager, Global Code of Practice, Next.
  • 1 February 2017: David Isaac, Chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Margaret Beels, Chair, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, and Karen Jochelson, Director, Economy and Employment programme, Equality and Human Rights Commission.
  • 8 February 2017: Margot James MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Chris Carr, Deputy Director Corporate Frameworks and Accountability, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and Sarah Newton MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office; Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, Minister for the Commonwealth and the UN, Rob Fenn, Head of Human Rights and Democracy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Rt Hon Sir Oliver Heald QC MP, Minister of State for Courts and Justice, and Rob Linham OBE, Acting Deputy Director, Human Rights and Devolution Policy, Ministry of Justice (at 4.00pm).