Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Peruvian counterpart on reports that indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon are to travel to the US to lobby banks to cut financial ties with Petroperú.

The UK Government has a significant dialogue with indigenous groups and environmental defenders in Peru. Officials at the British Embassy in Lima promote the rights of indigenous groups in Peru and support them in raising concerns. HMG regularly discusses the impact of climate change and environmental degradation with the Peruvian Government and these were core themes at our annual UK-Peru Political consultations in August this year.