Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason annex III of the UK's trade agreement with Kenya does not contain the same references to the consequences of human rights abuses transposed from Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement that are included in annex III of the UK's trade agreement with Cote d'Ivoire.

Annex III of the United Kingdom’s Economic Partnership Agreement with Kenya replicates language from the Cotonou Agreement and the effects of the Cotonou references in the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the East African Community to make sure that upholding rights and responsibilities remain essential and fundamental elements of the agreement.

For both the agreements with Kenya and Côte D’Ivoire, the overall result is a replication of the effects of the Cotonou references in the existing EPA, so that appropriate measures can be taken in the event of a violation of these elements.