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Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: Official Visits

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 173113, tabled on 24 March 2023

Question

Ian Byrne
Labour
Liverpool, West Derby
Commons

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.

Answer

David Rutley
Conservative
Macclesfield
Commons

Answered on

4 April 2023

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.

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