Some British multinational companies have a “woeful” human rights record overseas despite presenting a “compliant face” within the UK, according to a parliamentary committee that on Wednesday calls on the government to impose tougher standards on industry. The joint select committee on human rights is publishing a report calling on ministers to push for a new international agreement on business and human rights and the creation of a commission to monitor it. “When businesses incorporated in one country operate across the globe, the only way properly to address this is a binding international agreement,” said Andrew Dismore, chair of the committee...The committee heard complaints about companies using forced labour, polluting neighbourhoods, collaborating with repressive regimes and helping in projects that forced people out of their homes or damaged their health.