Question follow-through · 900806
Food Insecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to represent the interests of British farmers in global food security discussions.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to represent the interests of British farmers in global food security discussions.
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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22 Oct 2024
Answer published
Investment in global food security supports stable, sustainable and resilient global food markets to the benefit of British farmers, exporters, and consumers. For example, for each £1 the UK invests in CGIAR, the world’s leading agricultural science and i...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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