A Bill to require the Secretary of State to impose certain requirements on the Export Credits Guarantee Department, including the publication of an audit of all sums owed to the Department, an annual impact assessment and a real-time disclosure policy on all supported projects; to prohibit the support of certain activities by the Department; to provide that debt cancellation by the Department cannot be defined as official development assistance; to prohibit companies from receiving support from the Department for a period of at least five years following a relevant conviction of corruption; to introduce a duty of care provision which must be followed in the Department’s operations to provide access to justice for those affected by supported projects; and for connected purposes;
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This Bill would set new rules for the Export Credits Guarantee Department (the government body now known as UK Export Finance). It would require audits of sums owed to the Department, annual impact assessments, and real-time public disclosure of information about supported projects. It would also tighten what the Department can fund, say that debt cancellation does not count as official development assistance, impose a five-year funding ban on companies convicted of corruption, and introduce a duty of care to improve access to justice for people affected by supported projects.
The bill is at the 2nd Reading stage in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons and was first introduced in 2011.
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27 Apr 2011
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