Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with (a) the Secretary of State for Business (ii) representatives of the Government of Nepal on (i) recruiting migrant labour from Nepal and (b) labour conditions for those migrants.

The Foreign Secretary has not discussed migrant labour or labour conditions with representatives of the Government of Nepal. The Foreign Secretary also has not discussed these issues with the Secretary of State for Business.