Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will accept the recent request from the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to visit the UK.

We have a long-standing policy of accepting requests for visits by the Special Rapporteurs and other independent experts established by the UN Human Rights Council. We have already had one such visit in January this year and are working to prepare another visit in the coming months. We will engage with the office of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food to agree suitable dates for a visit in due course.