Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on protecting the human rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil's Amazon basin.

The UK Government is committed to promoting and defending the human rights of all individuals, including indigenous peoples. The Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for International Trade have spoken about a range of issues.

The UK is supporting the work being done with indigenous communities across Brazil, including in the Amazon region. This is through supporting the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation Early Movers programme (REDD), which helps indigenous communities develop sustainable income sources, and strengthen food security, and from which 19,593 families have benefitted so far. We also work with these communities through Partnerships for Forests, supporting almost 2,000 indigenous people to strengthen livelihoods through sustainable forest management.