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Lords Chamber
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB - Life peer) detriment of the farmer’s health herself.How do we breed plants for hot countries which can resist the droughts - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Conflict in Ethiopia - Wed 16 Nov 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kate Osamor (LAB - Edmonton) Climate change is increasing the prevalence of droughts, and the covid pandemic is devastating economies - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Nature and Climate Declaration - Wed 09 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) We have seen extreme weather events cause suffering, conflict and destruction around the world—from droughts - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Climate Change and Human Security - Thu 03 Nov 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) Even just in recent times, we have seen floods in Pakistan, as has been mentioned; droughts and famine - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Global Food Security - Wed 26 Oct 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) This summer, droughts, floods and wildfires wreaked havoc in the UK and across the world. - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Climate Change and Biodiversity: Food Security - Thu 08 Sep 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (CB - Life peer) Like us, China and Kenya are experiencing their worst droughts in living memory. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) diseases.We have seen the huge impacts that arise from extreme weather globally, in the devastating droughts - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bishops - Bishops) This is likely to cause longer droughts, increased heatwaves and greater flooding, and implications for - Speech Link
4: Baroness Mobarik (CON - Life peer) have also experienced unusually high temperatures this year, with the Environment Agency declaring droughts - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 06 Sep 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) directly and through our influence in multilateral institutions, particularly in the Horn of Africa, where droughts - Speech Link
2: Vicky Ford (CON - Chelmsford) The catastrophic floods in Pakistan and appalling droughts across the horn of Africa are just two examples - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Food Insecurity in Developing Countries due to Blockade of Ukrainian Ports - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Polak (CON - Life peer) is still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19, the accumulation of multiple factors—the cyclic droughts - Speech Link

Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)
Committee stage: 16th sitting - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Planning has a massive impact on flooding as well as on droughts, so it is important that we look at - Speech Link

Public Bill Committees
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)
Committee stage: 15th sitting - Thu 14 Jul 2022
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) We have flooding and droughts side by side. - Speech Link