Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will list the human rights priority countries that he or Ministers in his Department have visited over the last 12 months; what briefings on human rights such Ministers received before those visits; and what discussions those Ministers had on human rights in each of those visits.

The UK has long supported the promotion of our values globally and this will continue as we leave the EU. We do not shy away from confronting barriers to trade and investment – including issues of human rights and corruption.

The Department for International Trade is working closely with other departments in particular the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Ministerial Briefing for every country visited includes country profiles provided by the FCO which where appropriate, set out human rights issues.