Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what evidence the Government used to assess human rights concerns in Cambodia when determining that country's full access to the least developed countries framework.

The United Kingdom has concerns about human rights in Cambodia and continues to raise these with the Cambodian government at every opportunity.

We continue to monitor the situation in Cambodia and consider if it is appropriate to suspend preferences in line with the provisions of our Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) scheme, taking into account the human rights situation as well as the economic impact of COVID-19 and the impact on vulnerable people, including female garment factory workers.