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Minutes of UK NCP steering board meeting held on 28 September 2023

Updated 11 January 2024

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Date: 28 September 2023

Venue: Hybrid MS Teams and Old Admiralty Building 2.79

Attendees:

  • Tom Younespour (Chair of the UK NCP Steering Board) - Department for Business and Trade (DBT, Trade Policy)
  • John Morrison (Board Member) - Civil Society (Institute for Human Rights and Business)
  • Nicholas Crook (Board Member) - Trades Unions Congress (Trade Union)
  • Lorand Bartels (Board Member) - Independent (University of Cambridge)
  • FCDO Representative (Board member) - Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
  • DWP Representative (Board Member) - Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • UK NCP Steering Board Secretariat - Department for Business and Trade (DBT, Trade Policy)

Observers and presenters:

Department for Business and Trade (DBT, UK NCP)

Senior Policy Advisors UK NCP

Item 1: welcome and introductions

The Chairman welcomed the Steering Board.

Item 2: minutes and actions from previous meeting

  • The minutes from the July 2023 meeting were confirmed as accurate.
  • The NCP Secretariat gave an update on the status of actions arising from the previous Steering Board meeting.
  • The Steering Board were satisfied these had been noted and acted upon by the UK NCP.

Item 3: updates

OGD Board representatives

  • The Chairman of the Board updated the Steering Board on the progress of appointing new other Government department representatives to the Steering Board to provide a balance of external versus internal opinion, as per the Steering Board Terms of Reference

External Steering Board representative

  • The Chairman of the Board updated the Steering Board on the Government’s pause on engagement with the Confederation of British Industries (CBI), meaning the business representative (CBI) was not invited to participate in the UK NCP board meeting. Further updates would be provided in due course.

Item 4: UK NCP Case Update

Current case overview

The UK NCP updated the Board on its current caseload, noting a high volume.

The UK NCP updated the Board on current trends seen across NCPs worldwide.

Letter regarding delayed cases

The UK NCP updated the Board on the use of a letter of delay, due to high case load, sent to parties of complaints

Item 5: OECD engagement

1. Update: Stakeholder Engagement/Promotion of the new OECD Guidelines

  • The UK NCP updated on a meeting with an NGO in relation to the OECD Guidelines.
  • The UK NCP updated the Board on their plans for the upcoming OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct in November.
  • The UK NCP updated the Board on promotion and stakeholder engagement done since the last Board meeting.

Item 6: AOB

The Steering Board were thanked for their contributions.

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