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Recommendation 6
6
Rejected
We recommend that the Department reviews the Company Directors Disqualification Act (1986) to determine whether...
Recommendation
We recommend that the Department reviews the Company Directors Disqualification Act (1986) to determine whether breaches of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 obligations on companies and directors should be the basis for future disqualification for company registration or director duties. (Paragraph 43) A new BEIS policy framework?
Government response summary AI-generated
The government rejected the recommendation to review the Company Directors Disqualification Act, stating they are not convinced of the case to pursue this approach at this time due to proportionality concerns regarding penalties for failing to publish modern slavery statements.
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Government Response
Rejected
HM Government · verbatim extract
Rejected
13. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has worked with the Home Office to support the further development of the section 54 (Transparency in Supply Chains) provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. This includes strengthening the monitoring and enforcement of the obligations on large UK businesses to publish modern slavery statements.
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