VALE of York MP Anne McIntosh led a cross-party delegation of MPs and peers to South Africa.

The group was in the country from January 21 to 26, at the invitation of Nestl, which employs 4,000 people in South Africa.

The delegation met South African ministers and visited a number of humanitarian projects, including those helping AIDS victims, as well as townships in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Miss McIntosh, who is the secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary South Africa Group, said: "I welcomed the opportunity for a close-up and critical analysis of Nestl's work in South Africa."