Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will hold civil society roundtable meetings on the issues of (a) human rights, (b) labour rights and (c) conflict resolution, as they relate to trade policy.

On 16^th October, as a part of my Department’s increased programme of engagement, we launched the first of a series of roundtables with civil society groups on areas of key interest to them. Agendas for future roundtables will be developed in partnership with a range of civil society organisations. We do not plan to publish the names of organisations invited to participate.