Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the adherence to international human rights standards at Kenyan fruit farms that have links to businesses in the UK.

We are aware of the allegations made against the American multinational, Del Monte. The UK Government is clear that it expects all UK businesses to respect human rights throughout their operations, including their supply chain, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The UK was the first State to produce a National Action Plan (NAP). As outlined in our NAP, the UK has a range of judicial and state-based non-judicial mechanisms that help to support access to remedy for human rights abuses by business enterprises both in the UK and overseas.