Question follow-through · 82281

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to promote sustainable (a) agricultural, (b) food processing and (c) food distribution systems internationally.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
20 Oct 2025
Answer
22 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she has taken to promote sustainable (a) agricultural, (b) food processing and (c) food distribution systems internationally.

  2. 20 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Government's position on these issues was set out most recently by Lord Collins of Highbury in response to a House of Lords debate on the use of starvation as a weapon of war held on 16 October 2025. [https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2025-10-16/deb...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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