§ 19. Mr. LammyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Brazil regarding the problem of forced labour. [154106]
§ Mr. BattleWe are in regular contact with the Brazilian authorities on a broad rant of human rights issues, including forced labour.
During talks between the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Brazilian Government in Brasilia in December last year, Embassy officials again raised our concerns about the use of forced labour in Brazil. We have subsequently passed on a copy of Anti-Slavery International's latest briefing on force I labour to Brazil's National Secretariat for Human Rights.