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Export Credits Guarantee Department (Regulation and Reporting) Bill

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;

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Export Credits Guarantee Department (Regulation and Reporting) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 27 April 2011 by Lisa Nandy (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 27 Apr 2011
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 2 May 2012.