{"value":{"id":1916331,"askingMemberId":5262,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-06-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-17T00:00:00","uin":"10048","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has plans to review Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":5076,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-06-22T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 places a legal duty on directors to have regard in their decision-making to the interests of employees, and to the impact of the company’s operations on the community and the environment. It also requires directors to consider a range of other factors, including the long term consequences of any decision.. The government has no plans to review this important legal duty.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Companies: Directors","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1916331","method":"GET"}]}