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1627055

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date	11/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will publish information on the campaign to improve global food security and nutrition as part of the Integrated Review Refresh.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	184767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>Minister Mitchell set out further details of the global food security and nutrition campaign in his recent speech on international development at Chatham House. This included announcing an event towards the end of the year to bring together British and international expertise in tackling hunger and starvation with the support of the academic, medical, research, philanthropic, and NGO and charity community. We will publish further information on actions that have been taken to deliver the campaign throughout the year, for example funding announcements and details of Ministerial visits and engagements (such as this publication on .gov.uk on the UK-hosted Agriculture Breakthrough: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/agriculture-breakthrough-ministerial-meeting-minister-trevelyans-speech-in-washington-dc). The Department engages regularly with a range of stakeholders to consult and inform them on the progress of the campaign.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 17/05/2023 07:31:13 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1569054

registered interest
date	20/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the UK's Global Food Security Action plan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	128691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>In response to the deteriorating food security and malnutrition situation in East Africa and beyond, the UK is working with partners to accelerate efforts to transform agriculture and food systems to be more productive, sustainable and resilient.</p><p>The UK's Global Food Security Action plan supports and is aligned with published strategies including the International Development Strategy and the UK Humanitarian Framework. It is an internal FCDO document to direct and prioritise Officials' work on food security. However, we remain committed to scrutiny and have provided a confidential copy to the International Development Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 25/01/2023 17:39:35 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1549094

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to help improve food security around the world.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	104459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>Sustainable food security remains a priority of our humanitarian and development work and is a key objective or our International Development Strategy.</p><p>The UK is working with our international partners to address the underlying causes of food insecurity; promote robust food systems in low-income countries and support life-saving action in famine risk areas.</p><p>We are also taking action to enhance the coherence of the international response, including through a focus on the poorest and most vulnerable. Further detail is set out in the Government's recent response to the International Development Committee's inquiry into food security. [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmintdev/767/report.html]</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 12/12/2022 17:31:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1540322

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure global food security for the long term.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	80981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK is working with our international partners to address the underlying causes and promote robust food systems in low-income countries shaped by our Agriculture Development Policy (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dfids-conceptual-framework-on-agriculture). Over 15 programmes in Africa and Asia aim to improve income and productivity of smallholder farmers through better access to market, finance and sustainable practices. The Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) promote innovations, investment and businesses that create jobs and boost food production. UK funding for agricultural research and development is promoting new food and agriculture technologies, including new crop varieties that are nutritious, higher-yielding and resilient to climate change.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 15/11/2022 16:55:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford