Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that rights of indigenous peoples are embedded into the proposed International Treaty on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations.

The British Government is committed to our work to improve human rights practices of businesses through the promotion of the UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on Business and Human Rights - the authoritative global standard for preventing and addressing the risk of adverse human rights impacts of business. We continue to promote the UNGPs, including in respect of the specific challenges faced by indigenous communities, in practical ways.