Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Paraguayan counterpart on the protection of the Ayoreo people following the forced removal from their homes in the Chaco forest.

The British Embassy in Asuncion regularly discusses both human rights and deforestation issues with the Paraguayan authorities, and the British Ambassador has raised this issue directly with the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and for the Environment.