Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleA Bill to make provision to prevent public bodies from being influenced by political or moral disapproval of foreign states when taking certain economic decisions, subject to certain exceptions; and for connected purposes.
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History of passage through Parliament

The Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill is a proposed Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, on 19 June 2023 in the 2022-23 Session of Parliament and carried over to the 2023-24 Session.

It is part of a response to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement by the UK Government to promote community cohesion and to ban public bodies from boycotting foreign countries.[1] It was a manifesto commitment of the Conservative Party in their 2019 election manifesto.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "UK public bodies banned from imposing their own boycotts against foreign countries". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Conservative Party Manifesto 2019". www.conservatives.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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