Roger Godsiff – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2015-10-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2015 to Question 9671, what estimate the Government has made of the proportion of UK companies which have joined the 2013 Accord on Fire and Safety in Bangladesh.

Mr Desmond Swayne

30 UK companies have signed the 2013 Accord on Fire and Safety in Bangladesh. We do not have comprehensive information on the total number of UK brands purchasing Garments from Bangladesh.